Prevalence and associated factors with esophageal varices in early primary biliary cirrhosis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1320-1328

  Ikeda, Fusao ^a   Okamoto, Ryoichi ^d   Baba, Nobuyuki ^e   Fujioka, Shin ichi ^b   Shoji, Bon ^a,f   Yabushita, Kazuhisa ^g   Ando, Masaharu ^h   Matsumura, Shuji ⁱ   Kubota, Junichi ^a,c   Yasunaka, Tetsuya ^a   Miyake, Yasuhiro ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Kobashi, Haruhiko ^a   Okada, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhide ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Tsuyama Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f IWAKUNI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g Fukuyama City Hospital   (Japan)

^h Mitoyo General Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ Sumitomo Besshi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early disease; Esophageal varices; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84864318815     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07114.x     Document Type: Article

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