Hepatic Cirrhosis in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 60-62

  Williams, N A ^a   Lee, M G ^a   Hanchard, B ^a   Barrow, K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAMAICA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAMAICA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031157554     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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