Variations in primary sclerosing cholangitis across the age spectrum

• Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 1763 - 1768
• Main Authors: Eaton, John E, McCauley, Bryan M, Atkinson, Elizabeth J, Juran, Brian D, Schlicht, Erik M, Andrade, Mariza, Lazaridis, Konstantinos N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Distribution; Aged; Bile Duct Neoplasms - epidemiology; Bile Duct Neoplasms - etiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Cholangiocarcinoma; Cholangiocarcinoma - epidemiology; Cholangiocarcinoma - etiology; Cholangitis; Cholangitis, Sclerosing - complications; Cholangitis, Sclerosing - diagnosis; Cholangitis, Sclerosing - pathology; Cohort Studies; Early Diagnosis; Female; Humans; Infant; inflammatory bowel disease; liver transplantation; Male; Middle age; Middle Aged; Multicenter Studies as Topic; primary sclerosing cholangitis; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Time Factors; Young Adult; cholangiocarcinoma; inflammatory bowel disease; liver transplantation; primary sclerosing cholangitis

Background and Aim Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) typically develops in middle‐age adults. Little is known about phenotypic differences when PSC is diagnosed at various ages. Therefore, we sought to compare the clinical characteristics of a large PSC cohort based on the age when PSC was diagno...