Serum hyaluronan: A marker of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-120

  Tangkijvanich, Pisit ^a   Kongtawelert, Prachya ^b   Pothacharoen, Peraphan ^b   Mahachai, Varocha ^a   Suwangool, Pongspeera ^a   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HYALURONIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

EID: 0242442452     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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