The role of preoperative phenylalanine breath test in hepatectomy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2003, Pages 1124-1127

  Kobayashi, Takashi ^a   Imamura, Hiroshi ^a   Takayama, Tadatoshi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Indocyanine green test; Phenylalanine breath test; Phenylalanine excretion ratio at 30 min

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHENYLALANINE BREATH TEST; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLALANINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0038677093     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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