The prevalence and burden of symptoms in patients with chronic liver diseases in the Gambia, West Africa

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 184-185

  Shimakawa, Yusuke ^a,b   Takao, Yuki ^c   Anderson, Suzanne T ^a   Taal, Makie ^d   Yamaguchi, Takashi ^e   Giana, Lamin ^a   Ndow, Gibril ^a   Sarr, Louise ^a,f   Kambi, Abubacarr ^f   Njai, Harr Freeya ^a   Bottomley, Christian ^b   Nyan, Ousman ^f   Sabally, Saihou ^g   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a,b   Taylor Robinson, Simon D ^c   Thursz, Mark ^c   Lemoine, Maud ^a,c   Njie, Ramou ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d American International University ^*  (Gambia)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^g Hands on Care Brikama Health Centre   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; CODEINE; LACTULOSE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT WORRY; PREVALENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84922381273     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314547103     Document Type: Article

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