Endotoxin levels measured by a chromogenic assay in portal, hepatic and peripheral venous blood in patients with cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 232-236

  Lumsden, Alan B ^a   Henderson, J Michael ^a   Kutner, Michael H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTOXEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VEINS;

EID: 0023901892     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840080207     Document Type: Article

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