The epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis in southern Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 717-721

  Delgado, Jorge ^a,c   Sperber, Ami D ^a,c   Novack, Victor ^a,c   Delgado, Bertha ^a,c   Edelman, Leslie ^a,c   Gaspar, Nava ^a,c   Krugliak, Pavel ^a,c   Odes, Shmuel ^a,c   Jotkowitz, Alan B ^a,c   Faszczyk, Mark ^b,c   Fich, Alex ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Immigration; Israel; Liver; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; JEW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AFRICA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; USSR;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ASIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; USSR;

EID: 28244500967     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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