Identifying cirrhosis, decompensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in health administrative data: A validation study
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Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University Hospital; and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Medical University Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei. Received: 20 August 2001. Revised: 20 September 2001. Accepted: 9 October 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Professor Shiann Pan, Departme...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201120