Increased retinol binding protein in the sera of patients with severe ischemic damage of the liver after transplantation

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-116

  Mastroianni, Antonio ^a   Regalia, Enrico ^c   Facchetti, Giorgio ^a   Longoni, Paolo D ^a   Formelli, Franca ^b   Pulvirenti, Andrea ^c   Mazzaferro, Vincenzo ^c  

^a Div of Clin Chem and Microbiology   (Italy)

^b Div Exp Oncol B   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Graft malfunction; Liver transplantation; Retinol; Retinol binding protein; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIRUBIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0032029565     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(97)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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