Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Presentation

Abstract

Using ursodeoxycholic acid as a standard treatment and for its ability to test for antimitochondrial antibody to accelerate diagnosis, survival of primary biliary cholangitis patients has approached that of the general population, leading to a change in nomenclature from primary biliary cirrhosis to primary biliary cholangitis to more accurately describe the disease.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Jaundice; Primary biliary cholangitis.