The clinical course of alcoholic cirrhosis: Effects of hepatic metabolic capacity, alcohol consumption, and hyponatremia - A historical cohort study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jepsen, Peter ^a   Ott, Peter ^a   Andersen, Per Kragh ^b   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Ascites; Hepatic encephalopathy; Prognosis; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; SODIUM;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASCITES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM;

EID: 84866275551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-509     Document Type: Article

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