Sterol parameters as markers of liver function in primary biliary cirrhosis before and after liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-225

  Nikkilä, Katriina ^a   Miettinen, Tatu A ^b   Höckerstedt, Krister V A ^b   Isoniemi, Helena ^b  

^a JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Campesterol; Cholestanol; Lathosterol; Liver transplantation; Sitosterol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; BILIRUBIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LATHOSTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BLOOD; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOSTEROLS; SITOSTEROLS; STEROLS;

EID: 20444435114     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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