Lens culinaris agglutinin-A-reactive alpha-fetoprotein ad a marker for liver atrophy in fulminant hepatic failure

Hepatology Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-105

  Sakurai, Toshiharu ^a   Marusawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Satomura, Shinji ^b   Nabeshima, Motoshige ^a   Uemoto, Shinji ^a   Tanaka, Koichi ^a   Chiba, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFP; AFP L3; Fulminant hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PLANT LECTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LENTIL; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECIPIENT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0041667787     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(03)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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