Plasma selenium in patients with cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 794-798

  Burk, Raymond F ^a,c   Early, Dayna S ^a   Hill, Kristina E ^b   Palmer, Ivan S ^b   Boeglin, Martha E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE; SELENOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM;

EID: 0031913874     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270322     Document Type: Article

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