In 1998, chronic liver disease (CLD) was the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S. Alcohol and hepatitis C are thought to be important etiologies. However, traditional methods for calculating CLD mortality rates from death certificates may underestimate hepatitis C-related CLD mortality. We studi
Mortality attributable to cholestatic liver disease in the United States
โ Scribed by Flavia D. Mendes; W. Ray Kim; Rachel Pedersen; Terry Therneau; Keith D. Lindor
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 291 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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