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WHat Is The Cause And Treatment For Cholangiopathy/biliary Cirrhosis?

My liver biopsies are consistent with autoimmune cholangiopathy/biliary cirrhosis. I am supposed to take actigall for its treatment. Is this the best treatment for it ? What is the prognosis and life expectancy ? Is it a form of autoimmune hepatitis or it could turn into one? Before the liver biopsy, the ultra sound, MRI, ct scan all showed no toumers or cancer. My liver enzymes, especially ggt, alp. ast. alp, have been up and down for about 4 years, but recently they have stayed higher than the maximum normal range. The GGT is up 4 times that of the max normal range. Thank you very much for your suggestions and opinion. Aman Kemaninej
posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2014
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The Global Hospitals Liver Institute has performed over 200 liver transplants since its inception. The Institute offers the latest treatment options for patients with chronic liver diseases like acute liver failure, liver cancer and cirrhosis of the liver. Complex hepatology cases that involve patients suffering from advanced hepatitis C and other types of liver diseases are handled with utmost care and expertise at Global Hospitals.
The Institute handles liver transplants like living donor liver transplant, deceased donor liver transplant, split and auxiliary liver transplants as well as pediatric liver transplant. Liver surgeries in cases of primary liver cancer, metastatic liver cancer, pancreatic and biliary surgeries are also performed by the esteemed doctors.
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WHat Is The Cause And Treatment For Cholangiopathy/biliary Cirrhosis?

The Global Hospitals Liver Institute has performed over 200 liver transplants since its inception. The Institute offers the latest treatment options for patients with chronic liver diseases like acute liver failure, liver cancer and cirrhosis of the liver. Complex hepatology cases that involve patients suffering from advanced hepatitis C and other types of liver diseases are handled with utmost care and expertise at Global Hospitals. The Institute handles liver transplants like living donor liver transplant, deceased donor liver transplant, split and auxiliary liver transplants as well as pediatric liver transplant. Liver surgeries in cases of primary liver cancer, metastatic liver cancer, pancreatic and biliary surgeries are also performed by the esteemed doctors.