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Z Gastroenterol 2025; 63(12): 1260-1267
DOI: 10.1055/a-2721-1160
Original Manuscript

Clinical characteristics of newly diagnosed patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) indicate the need for better awareness on timely diagnosis and adequate UDCA therapy

Klinische Charakteristika neu diagnostizierter Patienten mit Primär Biliärer Cholangitis weisen auf die Notwendigkeit einer frühzeitigeren Diagnose und adäquaten UDCA Behandlung hin

Autor*innen

  • Kerstin Stein

    1   Practice of Hepatology Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
  • Wolf P. Hofmann

    2   Gastroenterology at Bayerischer Platz, Berlin, Germany
  • Annegret Franke

    3   Clinical Trial Centre of Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
  • David Petroff

    3   Clinical Trial Centre of Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
  • Tobias Müller

    4   Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK) and Campus Charité Mitte (CCM), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN14903)
  • Heike Bantel

    5   Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN9177)
  • Rainer Günther

    6   Division of Hepatology/Transplant Hepatology, Department of Medicine I, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN54186)
  • Gerald Denk

    7   Department of Medicine II and Transplantation Center, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN54187)
  • Philipp A. Reuken

    8   Department of Internal Medicine IV (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases), University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN39065)
  • Jörn M. Schattenberg

    9   Department of Internal Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN39072)
    10   Department of Medicine I, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN39068)
  • Uwe Naumann

    11   UBN Private Practice, Berlin, Germany
  • Tobias Böttler

    12   Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN570474)
  • Andreas Weber

    13   Department of Internal Medicine 6 Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Paracelsus Medical University, Hospital Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN470426)
  • Stefan Zeuzem

    14   Department of Medicine, Goethe University, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN9173)
  • Matthias Hinz

    15   Private Practice for Gastroenterology Herne, Herne, Germany
  • Robin Greinert

    16   Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Halle, Halle, Germany
  • Christoph Berg

    17   Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN27203)
  • Thaddäus Till Wissniowski

    18   Department of Internal Medicine II, Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH, Chemnitz, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN14902)
  • Karl-Georg Simon

    19   Practice for Gastroenterology, Leverkusen, Germany
  • Jonel Trebicka

    20   Department of Internal Medicine B, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN98883)
  • Rüdiger Behrens

    21   Private Practice Halle, Halle, Germany
  • Harald Grümmer

    22   Practice of Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology, Potsdam, Germany
  • Nektarios Dikopoulos

    23   Practice for Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine Ludwig, Dornstadt, Germany
  • Christoph Sarrazin

    24   Department of Internal Medicine II, St. Josef Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN72204)
  • Elke Roeb

    25   Gastroenterology, University Hospital and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN9175)
  • Andreas E. Kremer

    26   Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
    27   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Ringgold ID: RIN27217)
  • Marion Muche

    28   Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, and Rheumatology (Campus Benjamin Franklin), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Marc Ringelhan

    29   TUM School of Medicine and Health - Clinical Department of Internal Medicine II, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany
  • Andreas Teufel

    30   Department of Medicine II, Division of Hepatology, Division of Bioinformatics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
  • Uta Merle

    31   University Hospital Heidelberg, Dept. of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Verena Keitel

    32   University Hospital Magdeburg, Otto-von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
  • Jens U. Marquardt

    33   First Department of Medicine, Campus Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
  • Achim Kautz

    34   Kautz gUG, Köln, Germany
  • Frank Tacke

    4   Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK) and Campus Charité Mitte (CCM), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN14903)
  • Katja Piotrowski

    3   Clinical Trial Centre of Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
  • Nicole Köppe-Bauernfeind

    3   Clinical Trial Centre of Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
  • Christian Trautwein

    35   Leibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
  • Thomas Berg

    36   Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Centre, Leipzig, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN9180)
  • Johannes Wiegand

    36   Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Centre, Leipzig, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN9180)