The value of clinical signs in diagnosis of cirrhosis

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Nadeem, Mansoor ^a,d   Yousaf, Muhammad Ali ^a   Zakaria, Manzar ^a   Hussain, Tasawar ^b   Ali, Nadir ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b GHQ Rawalpindi ^*  (Pakistan)

^c Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

^d PNS SHIFA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Clinical signs; Etiology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENDER; GYNECOMASTIA; HAIR LOSS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEUKONYCHIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PAROTIDOMEGALY; REVIEW; SPIDER NEVUS; TESTIS ATROPHY;

EID: 22144494161     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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