What is your approach to the management of extra-hepatic manifestations/complications of PBC?
For instance, for pruritus, sicca symptoms, metabolic bone disease, dyslipidemia?
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Do you incorporate lipid testing [lipid panel, ApoB, lipo-protein(a)] routinely in the care of PBC patients?
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Hepatology · Stanford University
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It is very important to ask and monitor extrahepatic symptoms in PBC, as this is often underappreciated and under-treated.
For pruritus, the management now also ties in closely with treatment for PBC itself. UDCA treatment does not typically improve pruritus. However, if there is an insufficient bio...
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