Primary biliary cirrhosis - An uncommon disease in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-50

  Yap, I ^a,c   Wee, A ^b   Tay, H H ^a   Guan, R ^a   Kang, J Y ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b National University Hospital

^c MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anti mitochondrial antibodies; Asymptomatic; Histologic stage; Pruritus; Serum alkaline phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AUTOANTIBODY; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BLOOD; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINGAPORE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; SINGAPORE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0030076787     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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