Profile of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Patients with Obstructive Jaundice

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 54, 2003, Pages 1987-1990

  Hu, Rey Heng ^a   Lee, Po Huang ^a   Yu, Sen Chang ^a   Ho, Ming Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF); Hyperbilirubinemia; Obstructive jaundice

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; SCATTER FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BILE; BILIRUBIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS;

EID: 0344961355     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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