Amelioration of microcirculatory damage by an endothelin a receptor antagonist in a rat model of reversible acute liver failure

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 350-357

  Palmes, Daniel ^a   Skawran, Sebastian ^a   Stratmann, Udo ^a   Armann, Barbara ^b   Minin, Evgeny ^a   Herbst, Hermann ^a   Spiegel, Hans Ullrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Endothelin; Endothelin A receptor blockade; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

DARUSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 13844292753     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.11.019     Document Type: Article

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