Clinical features of elderly patients with primary biliary cirrhosis / 中华老年医学杂志
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
;
(12)2001.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-540597
ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate clinical features and mortality of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) in the aged patients. Methods Clinical data of 108 patients diagnosed with PBC was reviewed. The diagnosis of PBC was made according to the 2000 practice guidelines of American Association for the study of liver Diseases (AASLD). Elderly patients (≥60 years) were compared in terms of clinical, biochemical, immunological features and mortality with younger patients (0.05). After a median follow-up of 36 months, the mortality ratio for liver diseases was higher in the elderly than in younger group (21.4% vs 2.5%, ~P
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Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
Year:
2001
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