Risk factors for primary biliary cirrhosis in a cohort of patients from the United States

Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-21

  Parikh Patel, Arti ^a   Gold, Ellen B ^a   Worman, Howard ^b   Krivy, Kathryn E ^c   Gershwin, M Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TH1 CELL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035196753     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2001.21165     Document Type: Article

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