Spectrum of chronic liver disease in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 56-58

  Khokhar, N ^a  

^a SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0036463651     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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