The effect of liver transplantation on fatigue in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis: A prospective study

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 490-494

  Carbone, Marco ^a   Bufton, Sally ^a   Monaco, Andrea ^a   Griffiths, Laura ^b   Jones, David E ^b   Neuberger, James M ^a,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Liver transplantation; PBC 40; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AMA; ANTIMITOCHONDRIAL ANTIBODIES; AZA; AZATHIOPRINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CMV; CNS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FATIGUE; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; HRQOL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LT; MELD; MMF; MODEL FOR END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE; MOFETIL MYCOPHENOLATE; PBC; PBC-40; PRED; PREDNISONE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; QOL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SD; STANDARD DEVIATION; TAC; TACROLIMUS; UKELD; UNITED KINGDOM MODEL FOR END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882890053     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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