Defects of the respiratory chain in the normal human liver and in cirrhosis during aging

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 709-719

  Müller Höcker, Josef ^a,e   Aust, Daniela ^a   Rohrbach, Helmut ^a   Napiwotzky, Jörg ^b   Reith, Annette ^b   Link, Thomas A ^c   Seibel, Peter ^d   Hölzel, Dieter ^a   Kadenbach, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e Institut fur Pathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0030800847     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260324     Document Type: Article

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