Application and validation of a new histologic staging and grading system for primary biliary cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-181

  Harada, Kenichi ^a   Hsu, Maylee ^a   Ikeda, Hiroko ^b   Zeniya, Mikio ^c   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JIKEI University Graduate School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

grading; primary biliary cirrhosis; staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLANGITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE GRADING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STAGING;

BILE DUCTS; BIOPSY; CHOLANGITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872893523     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31827234e4     Document Type: Article

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