Intestinal permeability in cirrhotic patients with and without ascites

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 326-330

  Kalaitzakis, Evangelos ^a   Johansson, Jan Erik ^a   Bjarnason, Ingvar ^b   Björnsson, Einar ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

51Cr EDTA; Ascites; Intestinal permeability; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

EDETATE CHROMIUM CR 51;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; CHELATING AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644594464     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510024278     Document Type: Article

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