Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: An electronic diagnostic tool trial® based on symptoms, (past) history and signs only, using the European Database Euricterus

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1104-1109

  Reisman, Y ^a,c   Gips, C H ^a,d   Lavelle, S M ^b,d   Cuervas Mons, V ^d   De Dombal, F T ^d   Gauthier, A ^d   Malchow Moller, A ^d   Molino, G ^d   Theodossi, A ^d   Tsiftsis, D D ^d   Dawids, S ^d   Larsson, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Intl Sch Hepatol Trop Med G   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Diagnostic tool; Euricterus; Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SYMPTOM;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 8544284100     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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