Breath tests with stable isotopes: Have they a role in liver transplantation?

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-58

  Festi, D ^a   Capodicasa, S ^a   Vestito, A ^a   Mazzella, G ^a   Roda, E ^a   Vitacolonna, E ^a   Petrolati, A ^b   Angelico, M ^b   Colecchia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child Pugh score; Liver cirrhosis; Liver function; MELD score

Indexed keywords

2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; 4 ACETANISIDINE; AMINOPHENAZONE; CAFFEINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GALACTOSE; LIDOCAINE; METHIONINE; PHENACETIN; PHENYLALANINE; TACROLIMUS;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG COST; DRUG METABOLISM; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREATH TESTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 2442649191     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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