Gender and liver: Is the liver stiffness weaker in weaker sex? [5]

Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 513-514

  Corpechot, C ^a   El Naggar, A ^a   Poupon, R ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROGENESIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANK SUM TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33747039250     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21306     Document Type: Letter

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