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Pregnancy and primary biliary cirrhosis
Author(s) -
Nir A.,
Sorokin Y.,
Abramovici H.,
Theodor E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90731-5
Subject(s) - medicine , primary biliary cirrhosis , jaundice , pregnancy , biliary cirrhosis , cirrhosis , gestation , obstetrics , gastroenterology , disease , genetics , autoimmune disease , biology
Pregnancy is rarely encountered in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Ten pregnancies in nine patients have been reported in the literature. All five pregnancies that continued beyond the 31st week had increasing jaundice during late pregnancy. We describe a case of primary biliary cirrhosis with symptomatic onset at age 19, pregnancy a year later, with subsequent resolution of jaundice and pruritus. This course is different than most described by others.