Prediction of the prognosis in patients with acute-on-chronic hepatitis using the MELD scoring system

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1519-1524

  Yu, Jian Wu ^a   Wang, Gui Qiang ^b   Li, Shu Chen ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute on chronic hepatitis; Model for end stage liver disease; Mortality; Prognosis; Receiver operating characteristic curve

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE ON CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CALCULATION; CHINA; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VALIDITY;

EID: 33747603443     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04510.x     Document Type: Article

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