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KMID : 0191119980130010085
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
1998 Volume.13 No. 1 p.85 ~ p.88
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A case of autoimmune cholangitis associated with Sjogren´s syndrome and arthropathy
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Lee J
Chang KH/Park CS/Lee CH/Song CH/Park YN/Park C/Lee SK
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Abstract
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Autoimmune cholangitis (AC) is a recently proposed entity that describes a specific group of patients
presenting overlapping features of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis. The disease
is characterized by dinical cholestasis, high titer antinuclear antibody, negative antimitochondrial
antibody, and histologically, findings of PBC coexisting with varying degrees of parenchymal inflammation.
In this report, we describe a patient with Sjogren´s syndrome who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of AC
associated with unique arthropathy compatible with arthritis of PBC. This case illustrates the unusual
coexistence of two diseases that may share similar pathogenic processes.
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