Continued advances in the field of liver cell biology and molecular biology
have provided further insights into the normal physiology of bile secretio
n and the pathogenesis and therapy for cholestatic syndromes. Important new
data have also been published about pathogenesis, clinical features, and t
reatment of primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, drug
-induced cholestasis, and cholestatic syndromes caused by viral infections.
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lkins, Inc.