Does general anesthesia affect sinusoidal liver cells as measured by β-N-acetyl hexosaminidase serum activity level?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1813-1815

  Scapa, Eitan ^a   Pinhasov, Isakhar ^b   Eshchar, Jerachmiel ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

NAH; Anesthesia; Sinusoidal liver cells

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; ETHER; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031769225     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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