Elevation of the serum bilirubin diconjugate fraction provides an early marker for cholestasis in the rat

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 912-916

  Mesa, Vital A ^a   De Vos, Rita ^a   Fevery, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bilirubin diconjugate (BDC); Bilirubin monoconjugate (BMC); Cholestasis; Liver test; Ratio

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030714025     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80330-3     Document Type: Article

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