Pyridinoline collagen cross-links in patients with chronic viral hepatitis and cirrhosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 692-698

  Hayasaka, Akira ^a   Ilda, Shinji ^a   Suzuki, Noriaki ^b   Kondo, Fukuo ^a   Miyazaki, Masaru ^a   Yonemitsu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KIMITSU CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Collagen; Cross links; Liver fibrosis; Pyridinoline

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PYRIDINOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0030175327     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80265-0     Document Type: Article

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