Significance of increased plasma adrenomedullin concentration in patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 840-846

  Kojima, Hideyuki ^a   Tsujimoto, Tatsuhiro ^a   Uemura, Masahito ^a   Takaya, Akira ^a   Okamoto, Shingo ^a   Ueda, Shirou ^a   Nishio, Kenji ^a   Miyamoto, Seiji ^a   Kubo, Atsushi ^b   Minamino, Naoto ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Matsuo, Hisayuki ^b   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Ascites; Hyperdynamic circulation; Liver cirrhosis; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032079454     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80235-3     Document Type: Article

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