Growth factors in children with end-stage liver disease before and after liver transplantation: A review

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-175

  Maes, Marc ^a,b   Sokal, Etienne ^a   Otte, Jean Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Growth; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

CHILD; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW;

CHILD; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0031261078     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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