If this is not your name, click here. Other Ophthalmic Surgery Organ Transplantation Orthopaedics Other Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Otitis Otorhino. PBC is a chronic, progressive cholestatic liver disease of unknown origin. Some 50,000 people in the United States have the disease. At present, patients survive an average of 10 years after diagnosis.
Liver transplant is the only current treatment modality for end-stage patients.
It improves the survival rate of patients free of liver transplantation and improves liver biochemistry. Any question regarding a medical diagnosis, treatment, referral, drug availability or pricing should be directed to either a licensed physician or to the product's manufacturer.