Comorbid illness is an important determinant of health-related quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 2737-2744

  Hussain, Khozema B ^a   Fontana, Robert J ^a   Moyer, Cheryl A ^a   Su, Grace L ^a   Sneed Pee, Naomi ^a   Lok, Anna S F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0034835560     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02695-8     Document Type: Article

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