Excess mortality rates in a cohort of patients infected with the hepatitis C virus: A prospective study

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1098-1104

  Neal, Keith R ^b   Irving, W L ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34249341941     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.113217     Document Type: Article

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