Longitudinal modifications of the MELD score have prognostic meaning in patients with liver cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 912-914

  Giannini, Edoardo G ^a   Risso, Domenico ^b   Caglieris, Sergio ^a   Testa, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; MELD score; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27144507917     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000180640.98671.7f     Document Type: Article

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