Incidence, etiology and mortality of cirrhosis: A population-based cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 702-709

  Fialla, Annette Dam ^a   De Muckadell, Ove B Schaffalitzky ^a   Touborg Lassen, Annmarie ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

incidence; liver cirrhosis; mortality; population based cohort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH VARICES; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860865890     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2012.661759     Document Type: Article

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