Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor administration ameliorates liver regeneration in animal model of fulminant hepatic failure and encephalopathy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1797-1803

  Theocharis, Stamatios E ^a,b,e   Papadimitriou, Lila J ^c   Retsou, Zoi P ^c   Margeli, Alexandra P ^a,d   Ninos, Sotirios S ^b   Papadimitriou, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatic failure; G CSF; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver injury; Liver regeneration

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; THIOACETAMIDE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR, RECOMBINANT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0141539464     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025463532521     Document Type: Article

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