Epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis among women with elevated γ-glutamyl transpeptidase levels in Okinawa, Japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-336

  Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nakasone, Hiroki ^a   Nakayoshi, Tomofumi ^a   Yamashiro, Tsuyoshi ^a   Maeshiro, Tatsuji ^a   Kobashigawa, Kasen ^a   Kinjo, Fukunori ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Zukeran, Hiroki ^a   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^b   Ohba, Kazuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; General population; PBC; GTP

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0141838640     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(03)00167-0     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Kaplan MM. Primary biliary cirrhosis. New Engl J Med 1996;21:1570-80.
2. Metcalf J, James O. The geoepidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis. Semin Liver Dis 1997;17:13-22.
3. Uibo R, Vello S. The epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis: immunological problems. Hepato-Gastroenterology 1999;46:3048-52.
4. Prince MI, Chetwynd A, Diggle P, Jarner M, Metcalf JV, James OFW. The geographical distribution of primary biliary cirrhosis in a well-defined cohort. Hepatology 2001;34:1083-8.
5. Inoue K, Hirohata J, Nakano T, et al. Prediction of prognosis of primary biliary cirrhosis in Japan. Liver 1995;15:70-7.
6. Triger DR, Berg PA, Rodes J. Epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis. Liver 1984;4:195-200.
7. Remmel T, Remmel H, Uibo R, Salupere V. Primary biliary cirrhosis in Estonia, with special reference to incidence, prevalence, clinical features, and outcome. Scand J Gastroenterol 1995;30:367-71.
8. James OFW, Bhopal R, Howel D, Gray J, Burt AD, Metcalf JV. Primary biliary cirrhosis,once rare, now common in the United Kingdom. Hepatology 1999;30:390-4.
9. Kim WR, Lindor KD, Locke GR, III, et al. Epidemilogy and natural history of primary biliary cirrhosis in a US community. Gastroenterology 2000;119:1631 -6.
10. Ohba K, Omagari K, Kinoshita H, et al. Primary biliary cirrhosis among atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki, Japan. J Clin Epidemiol 2001;54:845-50.
11. Turchany JM, Uibo R, Kivik T, et al. A study of antimitochondrial antibodies in a random population in Estonia. Am J Gastroenterol 1997;92:124-6.
12. Mattalia A, Quaranta S, Leung PSC, et al. Characterization of antimitochondrial antibodies in healthy adults. Hepatology 1998;27:656-61.
13. Shibata M, Koizumi H, Onozuka Y, et al. Prevalence of anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA) in the Japanese general population (abstract). J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000;15:F88.
14. Miyakawa H, Kikuchi K, Kang J-H, et al. High sensitivity of a novel ELISA for anti-M2 in primary biliary cirrhosis. J Gastroenterol 2001;36:33-8.
15. UDCA-PBC Group, Poupon R, Chazouilleres O, Balkau B, Poupon RE. Clinical and biochemical expression of the histopathological lesion of primary biliary cirrhosis. J Hepatol 1999;30:408-12.
16. Boberg KM, Aadland E, Jahnsen J, Raknerud N, Stiris M, Bell H. Incidence and prevalence of primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and autoimmune hepatitis in a Norwegian population. Scand J Gastroenterol 1998;33:99-103.
17. Witt-Sullivan H, Heathcote J, Cauch K, et al. The epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis in Ontario, Canada. Hepatology 1990;12:98-105.
18. Watson R, Goss B, Angus P. Low prevalence of primary biliary cirroshis (PBC) in Victoria, Australia. Gut 1995;36:927-30.
19. Kisand KE, Metskula K, Kisand KV, Kivik T, Greshiwin MR, Uibo R. The follow-up of asymptomatic persons with antibody to pyruvate dehydrogenese in adult population samples. J Gastroenterol 2001;36:248-54.