Primary biliary cirrhosis once rare, now common in the United Kingdom?

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 390-394

  James, Oliver E W ^a,b   Bhopal, Raj ^a   Howel, Denise ^a   Gray, Jackie ^a   Burt, Alastair D ^a   Metcalf, Jane V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE FINDING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032765659     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300213     Document Type: Article

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