Prognosis of Patients with a Diagnosis of Fatty Liver - A Registry-based Cohort Study

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 54, 2003, Pages 2101-2104

  Jepsen, Peter ^a,e   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^b   Mellemkjær, Lene ^c   Thulstrup, Ane Marie ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^c   Baron, John A ^d   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Department of Clinical Epidemiology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cause specific; Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Mortality; Outcome; Prognosis; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FATTY LIVER; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344099066     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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