The natural history of asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-336

  Kurtovic, J ^a   Riordan, S M ^a   Williams, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; JAUNDICE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LABORATORY TEST; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18644380726     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci058     Document Type: Review

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