Cytochrome c is a possible new marker for fulminant hepatitis in humans

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-185

  Sakaida, Isao ^a   Kimura, Teruaki ^a   Yamasaki, Takahiro ^a   Fukumoto, Yohei ^a   Watanabe, Keisuke ^b   Aoyama, Muneo ^b   Okita, Kiwamu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Apoptosis; Hepatic coma

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME C; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SCATTER FACTOR;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEPATIC COMA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOCHROMES C; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 15844405234     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1517-4     Document Type: Article

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