Risk stratification in autoimmune cholestatic liver diseases: Opportunities for clinicians and trialists

Hepatology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 644-659

  Trivedi, Palak J ^a   Corpechot, Christophe ^b   Pares, Albert ^c   Hirschfield, Gideon M ^a  

^a University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84956727525     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.28128     Document Type: Article

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