Liver cirrhosis: Child-Pugh grading of cases seen in Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-171

  Ndububa, D A ^a   Ojo, O S ^a   Aladegbaiye, A O ^a   Adebayo, R A ^a   Adetiloye, V A ^a   Durosinmi, M A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD PUGH GRADING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 23944502812     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0049475054620860     Document Type: Article

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