Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 10 , Pages 718-723, October 2010

A short version of a HRQoL questionnaire for Italian and Japanese patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis☆

  • Lorenzo Montali

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
    • These authors equally contributed to this work.
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  • Atsushi Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • These authors equally contributed to this work.
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  • Paolo Riva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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  • Hiroki Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Claudio Cocchi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine and Liver Unit, San Paolo Hospital School of Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Yoshiyuki Ueno

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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  • Massimo Miglioretti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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  • Hajime Takikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Luca Vecchio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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  • Alessandra Frigerio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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  • Ilaria Bianchi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatobiliary Immunopathology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via A. Manzoni 113, 20089 Rozzano, Italy
    • Department of Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Roberta Jorgensen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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  • Keith D. Lindor

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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  • Mauro Podda

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatobiliary Immunopathology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via A. Manzoni 113, 20089 Rozzano, Italy
    • Department of Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Pietro Invernizzi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatobiliary Immunopathology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via A. Manzoni 113, 20089 Rozzano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 8224 5128; fax: +39 02 8224 5191.
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  • the Italian-Japanese PBC Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Members of the Italian-Japanese PBC Study Group contributed equally and are listed in Appendix A.

Received 29 October 2009; accepted 7 January 2010. published online 17 February 2010.

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☆ Grant support: Supported by Executive Program of Cooperation in the Field of Science and Technology between the Government of Italy and the Government of Japan.

PII: S1590-8658(10)00008-3

doi:10.1016/j.dld.2010.01.004

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 10 , Pages 718-723, October 2010

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