Hospital prevalence of asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis: 4-year study based on analysis of 4468 consecutive in-patients

Liver

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 377-379

  Magrini, Andrea ^a   Nicodemo, Sabino ^a   Puoti, Claudio ^a,b  

^a Marino Hospital Rome   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Asymptomatic; Hospital prevalence; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PROTHROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SCINTISCANNING; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 0030467758     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1996.tb00765.x     Document Type: Article

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