Esophagogastric varices as a prognostic factor for the determination of clinical stage in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1060-1065

  Takeshita, Eiji ^a   Kumagi, Teru ^a   Matsui, Hidetaka ^a   Abe, Masanori ^a   Furukawa, Shinya ^a   Ikeda, Yoshiou ^a   Matsuura, Bunzo ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical symptom; Esophagogastric varices; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 9144235737     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1196-6     Document Type: Article

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