Asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis: A study of its natural history and prognosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Springer, J ^a   Cauch Dudek, K ^a   O'Rourke, K ^a   Wanless, I R ^a   Heathcote, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032919954     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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