Progastrin and its products from patients with chronic viral hepatitis and liver cirrhosis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 643-647

  Konturek, S J ^a   Gonciarz, M ^b   Gonciarz, Z ^b   Bielanski, W ^b   Mazur, W ^b   Mularczyk, A ^b   Konturek, P C ^b   Goetze, J P ^b   Rehfeld, J F ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gastrin; H. pylori; Hepatitis; Liver cirrhosis; Progastrin

Indexed keywords

PROGASTRIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTRIN BLOOD LEVEL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTRINS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 0038311021     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310002472     Document Type: Article

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