The use of lidocaine as a test of liver function in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation and Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-224

  Potter, J M ^a   Oellerich, M ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029966123     PISSN: 10743022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500020307     Document Type: Review

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