Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48 , Pages S38-S57 , 2008

The challenges in primary sclerosing cholangitis – Aetiopathogenesis, autoimmunity, management and malignancy

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☆ The Authors T.J. Weismüller, J. Wedemeyer, C.P. Strassburg and S. Kubicka state that they have nothing to declare regarding conflict of interest and funding with respect to this manuscript. M.P. Manns is an investigator/consultant/speaker at Novartis, Roche, Schering-Plough, Gilead Sciences Inc., Tibotec, Vertex, GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Idenix and Merck. M.P. Manns received meeting support and lecture fees from the Falk Foundation, Freiburg, Germany. M.P. Manns received funding from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KF0119, SFB 621, SFB738), DFG Cluster of Excellence “Rebirth” and Transplantation centre.

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