Primary sclerosing cholangitis: Clinical presentation, natural history and prognostic variables: An Italian multicentre study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 685-691

  Okolicsanyi, Lajos ^a   Fabris, Luca ^b   Viaggi, Stefano ^c   Carulli, Nicola ^d   Podda, Mauro ^e   Ricci, Giovanni ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Link Italia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic cholestasis; Chronic ulcerative colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Natural history; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; Prognostic variables

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; ITALY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030014102     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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