Plasma level of basic fibroblast growth factor increases with progression of chronic liver disease

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-121

  Jin No, Kenji ^a   Tanimizu, Masahito ^a   Hyodo, Ichinosuke ^a   Kurimoto, Fumihiko ^b   Yamashita, Tetuji ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic FGF; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BILIRUBIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; INDOCYANINE GREEN; PROCOLLAGEN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031045831     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01213308     Document Type: Article

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