Idiopathic Adulthood Ductopenia: 'It Is Out There'
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Idiopathic Adulthood Ductopenia: ‘It Is Out There’
Idiopathic adulthood ductopenia (IAD) is a chronic cholestatic entity of unknown origin characterized by loss of inter-lobular bile ducts that was first described two decades ago. Although the diagnostic criteria have been described in detail, IAD continues to be a rare diagnosis. Our thorough literature search revealed less than a hundred cases of IAD reported. Here we present a 34-year-old fe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastroenterology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000444443