Liver diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: a Lancet Gastroenterology &amp; Hepatology Commission

Kumar Sarin, Shiv; Kumar, Manoj; Eslam, Mohammed; George, Jacob; Al Mahtab, Mamun; Mohammad Fazle Akbar, Sheikh; Jia, Jidong; Tian, Qiuju; Aggarwal, Rakesh; Handojo Muljono, David; Omata, Masao; Ooka, Yoshihiko; Han, Kwang‐Hyub; Won Lee, Hye; Jafri, Wasim; S. Butt, Amna; Hao Chong, Chern; Gee Lim, Seng; Pwu, Raoh‐Fang; Chen, Ding‐Shinn

doi:10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30342-5

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Liver diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission

Published in The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology • Dec 15, 2019

Authors:

Shiv Kumar Sarin

Manoj Kumar

Mohammed Eslam

Abstract

The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than half of the global population and accounted for 62·6% of global deaths due to liver diseases in 2015. 54·3% of global deaths due to cirrhosis, 72·7% of global deaths due to hepatocellular carcinoma, and more than two-thirds of the global burden of acute v...

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Medicine

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

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