13C-Methacetin metabolism in patients with cirrhosis: Relation to disease severity, haemoglobin content and oxygen supply

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1559-1562

  Zipprich, A ^a   Meiss, F ^a   Steudel, N ^a   Sziegoleit, U ^a   Fleig, W E ^a   Kleber, G ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 ACETANISIDINE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHALATION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ANOXIA; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETAMIDES; ANOXIA; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN;

EID: 0038574383     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01604.x     Document Type: Article

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