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1: Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 1998 Oct;47(8):576-8.Links

[Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with pericardial effusion]

[Article in French]

Agraou B, Le Tourneau T, Agraou H, Leroy F, Asseman P, Dujardin JJ.

Service de Cardiologie et de Soins Intensifs, Centre Hospitalier, Douai.

The authors report a case of primary biliary cirrhosis, associated with moderate pericardial effusion, in a patient with antiphospholipid antibodies. The pericardial effusion resolved, and did not recur, in response to treatment with Colchicine and ursodesoxycholic acid.

PMID: 9809142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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