Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2021 Oct;74(4):2307.
doi: 10.1002/hep.31882. Epub 2021 Jun 10.

Letter to the Editor: Are We Confident That Primary Biliary Cholangitis Liver-Related Mortality Is Higher in Males?

Ana Lleo  1   2 , Gideon M Hirschfield  3
Affiliations
Comment

Letter to the Editor: Are We Confident That Primary Biliary Cholangitis Liver-Related Mortality Is Higher in Males?

Ana Lleo et al. Hepatology. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment in

  • REPLY.
    John BV, Dahman B, Taddei TH, Levy C, Kaplan DE. John BV, et al. Hepatology. 2021 Oct;74(4):2308. doi: 10.1002/hep.31876. Epub 2021 Jul 20. Hepatology. 2021. PMID: 33942361 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Comment on

References

    1. John BV, Aitcheson G, Schwartz KB, Shabbir Khakoo N, Dahman B, Deng Y, et al. Male gender is associated with higher rates of liver-related mortality in primary biliary cholangitis and cirrhosis. Hepatology 2021;74:879-891.
    1. Lleo A, Jepsen P, Morenghi E, Carbone M, Moroni L, Battezzati PM, et al. Evolving trends in female to male incidence and male mortality of primary biliary cholangitis. Sci Rep 2016;6:25906.
    1. Carbone M, Mells GF, Pells G, Dawwas MF, Newton JL, Heneghan MA, et al. Sex and age are determinants of the clinical phenotype of primary biliary cirrhosis and response to ursodeoxycholic acid. Gastroenterology 2013;144:560-569.e7; quiz, e13-e14.
    1. Cheung AC, Lammers WJ, Murillo Perez CF, van Buuren HR, Gulamhusein A, Trivedi PJ, et al. Effects of age and sex of response to ursodeoxycholic acid and transplant-free survival in patients with primary biliary cholangitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019;17:2076-2084.e2.

MeSH terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources