The liver as an immune organ

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-104

  Sheth, Ketan ^a   Bankey, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035022608     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200104000-00008     Document Type: Review

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