Incidence and prevalence of primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and autoimmune hepatitis in a norwegian population

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-103

  Boberg, K M ^a,b   Aadland, E ^a   Jahnsen, J ^a   Raknerud, N ^a   Stiris, M ^a   Bell, H ^a  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autoimmune liver diseases; Epidemiology; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031941458     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850166284     Document Type: Article

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