Common bile duct dilatation in drug users with chronic hepatitis c is associated with current methadone use

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-58

  Leopold, Stije J ^a   Grady, Bart P X ^a,b   Lindenburg, Catharina E A ^a,b   Prins, Maria ^a,b   Beuers, Ulrich ^b   Weegink, Christine J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common bile duct; Drug user; Hepatitis C virus; Methadone maintenance therapy; Opiates

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84898724407     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000006     Document Type: Article

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