Update on Sclerosing Cholangitis in Critically III Patients
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چکیده
The term secondary sclerosing cholangitis (SSC) represents a spectrum of variably progressive cholestatic diseases of the intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic biliary system. Numerous different causes for the development of SSC have been described: toxic, infectious, immunological, ischemic, and chronic obstructive [1, 2]. In our review we will focus only on ‘sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients’ (SC-CIP).
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