Liver/spleen volume ratio as a predictor of prognosis in primary biliary cirrhosis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 632-636

  Murata, Yosuke ^a   Abe, Masanori ^a   Hiasa, Yoichi ^a   Azemoto, Nobuaki ^a   Kumagi, Teru ^a   Furukawa, Shinya ^a   Matsuura, Bunzo ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPLEEN SIZE; SYMPTOM;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50349091299     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-008-2202-9     Document Type: Article

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