Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in a genetically homogeneous population: Disease associations and familial occurrence rates

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mantaka, Aikaterini ^a   Koulentaki, Mairi ^a   Chlouverakis, Gregory ^b   Enele Melono, Jean M ^a   Darivianaki, Aikaterini ^a   Tzardi, Maria ^a   Kouroumalis, Elias A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

cancer; cholecystectomy; dyslipidaemia; educational level; Familial pbc; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 84864951698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-110     Document Type: Article

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