Functional hepatic flow in patients with liver cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 915-918

  Pan, Zheng ^a   Wu, Xing Jiang ^a   Li, Jie Shou ^a   Liu, Fang Nan ^a   Li, Wei Su ^a   Han, Jian Ming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 1842587435     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i6.915     Document Type: Article

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