Primary biliary cirrhosis in Southern Israel: A 20 year follow up study

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Delgado, Jorge Shmuel ^a   Vodonos, Alina ^b   Delgado, Bertha ^a   Jotkowitz, Alan ^a   Rosenthal, Alexander ^a   Fich, Alexander ^a   Novack, Victor ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Barcelona criteria; Epidemiology; Israel; Outcomes; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLOBULIN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ISRAEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ARABS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869011461     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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