Severe jaundice in Sweden in the new millennium: Causes, investigations, treatment and prognosis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-94

  Björnsson, Einar ^a   Ismael, S ^a   Nejdet, S ^a   Kilander, A ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Investigations; Jaundice; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CHOLESTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037261365     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310000492     Document Type: Article

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