Hepatic Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease: A New System of Classification Based on Global Assessment

Background & Aims: Hepatic dysfunction in adults with sickle cell disease varies in character and severity from self-limited cholestasis to life-threatening acute liver failure and cirrhosis. Because previous attempts to describe patterns of liver disease have not reflected clinical experience,...

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Published in:	Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 5; no. 12; pp. 1469 - 1476
Main Authors:	Berry, Philip A, Cross, Timothy J.S, Thein, Swee Lay, Portmann, Bernard C, Wendon, Julia A, Karani, John B, Heneghan, Michael A, Bomford, Adrian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-12-2007
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Anemia, Sickle Cell - complications Biopsy Cholangiography Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde Diagnosis, Differential Female Follow-Up Studies Gastroenterology and Hepatology Humans Liver - diagnostic imaging Liver - pathology Liver Diseases - classification Liver Diseases - diagnosis Liver Diseases - etiology Male Middle Aged Prognosis Retrospective Studies Severity of Illness Index Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasonography FNH ultrasound scan NRH LT SLE sickle cell disease endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography computed tomography scan systemic lupus erythematosus autoimmune hepatitis antinuclear antibody nodular regenerative hyperplasia human T-cell lymphotropic virus liver transplant AIH PSC SMA CT ANA USS focal nodular hyperplasia SCD MRCP HTLV ERCP smooth muscle antibody magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography primary sclerosing cholangitis
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