Evaluation of liver functional reserve by combining D-sorbitol clearance rate and CT measured liver volume

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2092-2095

  Li, Yi Ming ^a   Lv, Fan ^a   Xu, Xin ^a   Ji, Hong ^a   Gao, Wen Tao ^a   Lei, Tuan Jie ^a   Ren, Gui Bing ^a   Bai, Zhi Lan ^a   Li, Qiang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INCIDENCE; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH VARICES; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINALYSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0141829718     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i9.2092     Document Type: Article

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