The burden and recent epidemiological changes of the main chronic liver diseases in a Greek referral tertiary centre

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-179

  Giannousis, Ioannis P ^a   Papatheodoridis, George V ^a   Deutsch, Melanie J ^a   Manolakopoulos, Spilios G ^a   Manesis, Emanuel K ^a   Koskinas, John S ^a   Archimandritis, Athanasios J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Chronic liver disease; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Immigrants; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BIOPSY; COST OF ILLNESS; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG USERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GREECE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 75749104725     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328331115b     Document Type: Article

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