Risk of cancer in patients hospitalized with fatty liver: A Danish Cohort Study

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 356-359

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

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Prognosis; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FATTY LIVER; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0347926486     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200304000-00015     Document Type: Article

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