Evaluation of a new histologic staging and grading system for primary biliary cirrhosis in comparison with classical systems

Human Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1107-1117

  Kakuda, Yuko ^a   Harada, Kenichi ^a   Sawada Kitamura, Seiko ^b   Ikeda, Hiroko ^b   Sato, Yasunori ^a   Sasaki, Motoko ^a   Okafuji, Hirofumi ^a   Mizukoshi, Eishiro ^a   Terasaki, Shuichi ^c   Ohta, Hajime ^d   Kasashima, Satomi ^d   Kawashima, Atsuhiro ^d   Kaizaki, Yasuharu ^e   Kaneko, Shuichi ^a   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a,b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Kanazawa Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KANAZAWA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grading; Ludwig; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Scheuer; Staging

Indexed keywords

BEZAFIBRATE; CORTICOSTEROID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUDWIG STAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; SCHEUER STAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 84878105704     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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