Autoimmune liver disease and the Canadian first nations aboriginal communities of British Columbia's Pacific Northwest

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 3625-3627

  Yoshida, Eric M ^a,b   Riley, Mark ^a   Arbour, Laura T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; British Columbia; First Nations; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CANADA; EDITORIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33745442966     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i23.3625     Document Type: Editorial

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