Is primary biliary cirrhosis rare or common? The truth lies somewhere in between

Liver International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages e165-e167

  Rigopoulou, Eirini I ^a   Bogdanos, Dimitrios P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RARE DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING HABIT; FEMALE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84904434399     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12488     Document Type: Editorial

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