Seasonal variation in the patient diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis: Further evidence for an environmental component to etiology

Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2099-2103

  Mcnally, Richard J Q ^a   James, Peter W ^a   Ducker, Samantha ^a   James, Oliver F W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; SEASONS;

EID: 82255187637     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24597     Document Type: Article

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