Spider angiomas in patients with liver cirrhosis: Role of alcoholism and impaired liver function

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 520-523

  Li, C P ^a   Lee, Fa Yauh ^a   Hwang, S J ^a   Chang, F Y ^a   Lin, H C ^a   Lu, R H ^a   Hou, M C ^a   Chu, C J ^a   Chan, C C ^a   Luo, J C ^a   Lee, S D ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Liver cirrhosis; Liver function; Spider angioma

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033056891     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655299750026272     Document Type: Article

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