Natural history of hepatectomy regarding liver function: A study of both normal livers and livers with chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1795-1801

  Ezaki, Takahiro ^a,c   Koyanagi, Nobuhiro ^a   Toyomasu, Taisuke ^a   Ikeda, Yoichi ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^b  

^a ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Liver cirrhosis; Liver function; Liver regeneration

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0031768984     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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