Clinical, biochemical and imaging-verified regression of hepatitis B-induced cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-109

  Massarrat, S ^a,b   Fallahazad, V ^a   Kamalian, N ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B induced cirrhosis; Regression

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; FUROSEMIDE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PORTAL VEIN; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROCONVERSION; VEIN DIAMETER; VOMITING;

EID: 2342561928     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2004.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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