Analysis of Bilirubin Fraction in the Bile for Early Diagnosis of Acute Rejection in Living Related Liver Transplantation

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-154

  Akamatsu, Yorihiro ^a   Ohkohchi, Nobuhiro ^a   Seya, Kazuhiko ^a   Satomi, Susumu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Bilirubin pigments; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BILE; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030626047     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.181.145     Document Type: Article

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