The Prognostic Importance of Clinical and Histologic Features in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 1-7

  Roll, Joseph ^a   Boyer, James L ^a   Barry, Daniel ^a   Klatskin, Gerald ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS;

EID: 0020701724     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198301063080101     Document Type: Article

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