Complications of cirrhosis: Is endothelium guilty? Editorial

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 532-535

  Laffi, G ^a   Marra, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ENDOTHELIN;

EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032996330     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(99)80117-2     Document Type: Editorial

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