Primary biliary cirrhosis: an infectious disease caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae?

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Published in J Hepatol on March 01, 2004

Authors

Ahmad S Abdulkarim1, Lydia M Petrovic, Woong R Kim, Paul Angulo, Ricardo V Lloyd, Keith D Lindor

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

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