Hepatic localization of endothelin-1 in patients with idiopathic portal hypertension and cirrhosis of the liver

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 596-602

  Kamath, Patrick S ^a,b   Carpenter, Herschel A ^a,b   Lloyd, Ricardo V ^a,b   McKusick, Michael A ^a,b   Steers, Jeffery L ^a,b   Nagorney, David M ^a,b   Miller, Virginia M ^a,b  

^a Departments of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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ENDOTHELIN 1;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033822103     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2000.9735     Document Type: Article

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