Significant elevation of serum human hepatocyte growth factor levels in patients with acute pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-83

  Ueda, Takashi ^a   Takeyama, Yoshifumi ^a   Toyokawa, Akihiro ^a   Kishida, Shosei ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^a   Saitoh, Yoichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Cytokine; Hepatocyte growth factor; Organ failure; Prognosis; Severity

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030066906     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199601000-00010     Document Type: Article

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