Hypersplenism is related to age of onset of liver disease

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-296

  McCormick, P A ^a   Walker, S ^a   Benepal, R ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Portal hypertension; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 36549090556     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-007-0089-8     Document Type: Article

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