Quantitative testing of liver function in patients with cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C to assess disease severity

Liver

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-30

  Herold, C ^b   Heinz, R ^a   Radespiel Troger M ^a   Schneider, T ^a   Schuppan, D ^a   Hahn, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Liver cirrhosis; Quantitative testing of liver function

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHENAZONE; GALACTOSE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; SORBITOL; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CYTOSOL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

AMINOPYRINE; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SORBITOL;

EID: 0035145285     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0676.2001.210104.x     Document Type: Article

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