Effect of hepatitis C virus infection and abstinence from alcohol on survival in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-174

  Serra, Miguel A ^a,b   Escudero, Amparo ^a   Rodríguez, Felicidad ^a   Del Olmo, Juan A ^a   Rodrigo, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hepatitis C virus; Liver cirrhosis; Multivariate analysis; Risk assessment; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037308049     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200302000-00016     Document Type: Article

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