Research links intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy with liver cancer and other diseases later in life

(Elsevier Health Sciences) In a new study of more than 125,000 pregnant women in Sweden, researchers found that the risk of hepatobiliary cancer and immune-mediated and cardiovascular diseases later in life is higher in women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy than in women without this condition. Their results are published in the Journal of Hepatology.
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