Comparison of outcomes between patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and those with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1276-1283

  Toshikuni, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Izumi, Akiyoshi ^b   Nishino, Ken ^b   Inada, Nobu ^b   Sakanoue, Ritsuko ^b   Yamato, Ryumei ^b   Suehiro, Mitsuhiko ^b   Kawanaka, Miwa ^b   Yamada, Gotaro ^b  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Compensated liver cirrhosis; Hepatitis C virus; Natural history

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68749121619     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.05851.x     Document Type: Article

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