Serum cholesterol: Could it be a sixth parameter of child-pugh scoring system in cirrhotics due to viral hepatitis?

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 484-487

  Abbasi, Amanullah ^a   Bhutto, Abdul Rabb ^b   Butt, Nazish ^b   Lal, Keshav ^b   Munir, S M ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Child Pugh class; Cirrhosis; Hypocholesterolemia; Hypotriglyceridemia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84865844650     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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