The Laennec staging system for histological sub-classification of cirrhosis is useful for stratification of prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 556-563

  Kim, Seung Up ^a,b   Oh, Hyun Jung ^a   Wanless, Ian R ^e   Lee, Sarah ^a   Han, Kwang Hyub ^a,b,c   Park, Young Nyun ^a,b,c,d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Integrated Genomic Research Center for Metabolic Regulation   (South Korea)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Laennec staging system; Liver biopsy; Liver related event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLATELET COUNT; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865124384     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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