Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Predicts Outcome in Cirrhotic Patients During Pregnancy

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 694-699

  Westbrook, Rachel H ^a   Yeoman, Andrew D ^a   O'Grady, John G ^a   Harrison, Phil M ^a   Devlin, John ^a   Heneghan, Michael A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Liver Disease; Premature; Prognosis; ROC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIRTH RATE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MODEL; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; VARICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960560862     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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