Transplantation Trends in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1313-1315

  Lee, Jarone ^a   Belanger, Adam ^a   Doucette, John T ^b   Stanca, Carmen ^a   Friedman, Scott ^a   Bach, Nancy ^a  

^a Transplantation Unit   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 35548975085     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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