Enhanced liver calpain protease activity is a risk factor for dysfunction of human liver allografts

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 612-614

  Aguilar, Humberto I ^a   Steers, Jeffery L ^a   Wiesner, Russell H ^a   Krom, Ruud A F ^a   Gores, Gregory J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CALPAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031052122     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199702270-00023     Document Type: Article

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