Reduced serum Gc-globulin concentrations in patients with fulminant hepatic failure: Association with multiple organ failure

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1366-1370

  Schiødt, Frank Vinholt ^a   Ott, Peter ^a   Bondesen, Stig ^a   Tygstrup, Niels ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin scavenger system; Fulminant hepatic failure; Gc globulin; Multiple organ failure; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 0030787881     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199708000-00025     Document Type: Article

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