PBC Science, Diagnostic Strategies, Optimal Treatment Timing and Burden of Disease

Oct 7, 2024

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1. Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease which is:

a. More Common in men

b. More Common in women

c. Most of the cases are reported in teenagers

d. More common in the middle-aged individuals (40-60 years of age)

e. b and d

2. Liver stiffness measurement with transient elastography (TE) or magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can be used to risk stratify patients with PBC with the following cutoffs:

a. PBC patients with TE >10 Kpa or MRE >4.3 Kpa should be considered to have advanced fibrosis

b. PBC patients with TE >8 and MRE >2 Kpa should be considered to have advanced fibrosis

c. TE and MRI cannot be used in PBC because of lack of data

d. Liver biopsy is the only way to risk stratify these patients

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Professor David Jones, OBE

Andreas Kremer, MD, PhD

Zobair Younossi, MD

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