Relationship Between Transferrin-Iron Saturation, Alcohol Consumption, and the Incidence of Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 624-629

  Ioannou, George N ^a,b   Weiss, Noel S ^c   Kowdley, Kris V ^b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRON; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TRANSFERRIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247465539     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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