Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 939-944 , June 2008

Incidence and mortality of primary sclerosing cholangitis in the UK: A population-based cohort study

  • Tim R. Card

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham Medical School, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
    • Department of Gastroenterology, Kings Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton, Ashfield NG17 4JT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0) 115 8230441; fax: +44 (0) 115 8230464.
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  • Masoud Solaymani-Dodaran

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham Medical School, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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  • Joe West

      Affiliations

    • University of Nottingham Medical School, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK

Received 26 October 2007 ,Revised 25 January 2008 ,Accepted 19 February 2008.

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☆ The authors declare that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding from industries or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript. J.W. is funded by a Department of Health Clinician Scientist Fellowship.

PII: S0168-8278(08)00206-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.02.017

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 939-944 , June 2008

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