End-stage primary biliary cirrhosis in a first generation migrant south Asian population

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 663-666

  Anand, Anil C ^a   Elias, Elwyn ^a   Neuberger, James M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Environmental factors; India; Prevalence; Primary biliary cirrhosis; West Midlands

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALAYSIA; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030014101     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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