Circulating standard CD44 isoform in patients with liver disease: Relationship with other soluble adhesion molecules and evaluation of diagnostic usefulness

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Falleti, Edmondo ^a   Pirisi, Mario ^a,b   Fabris, Carlo ^a   Bortolotti, Nadia ^a   Soardo, Giorgio ^a   Gonano, Fabio ^a   Bartoli, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Careggi   (Italy)

Author keywords

adhesion molecules; CD44; liver disease; liver function tests

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGENS, CD44; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031027562     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(96)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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