Clinical usefulness of conjugated bilirubin levels in patients with acute liver diseases

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-93

  Shiomi, Susumu ^a   Habu, Daiki ^a   Kuroki, Tetsuo ^a   Ishida, Shigenori ^a   Tatsumi, Noriyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute liver diseases; Conjugated bilirubin; Delta bilirubin; Direct bilirubin

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032991801     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050221     Document Type: Article

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