Hepatocyte volume as an indicator of hepatic functional reserve in cirrhotic patients with liver tumours

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 540-545

  Matsui, Y ^a   Tu, W ^a   Kitade, H ^a   Nakagawa, A ^a   Kamiya, T ^a   Kwon, A H ^a   Uetsuji, S ^a   Kamiyama, Y ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic functional reserve; Hepatocyte volume; Image analysing system; Indocyanine green test; Living volume

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029992433     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb01699.x     Document Type: Article

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