Open AccessPresentation and mortality of primary biliary cirrhosis in older patients
Author(s) -
Julia L. Newton
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/29.4.305
Subject(s) - medicine , primary biliary cirrhosis , cirrhosis , gastroenterology , biliary cirrhosis , liver biopsy , presentation (obstetrics) , biliary disease , biopsy , disease , surgery , autoimmune disease
many patients with primary biliary cirrhosis present for the first time aged over 65, but it is unclear whether the disease is different in older patients. We have examined presentation and mortality in relation to age at which primary biliary cirrhosis was first suspected clinically.
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