Value of computed tomography-derived estimated liver volume/standard liver volume ratio for predicting the prognosis of adult fulminant hepatic failure in Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1843-1849

  Yamagishi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Saito, Hidetsugu ^a   Tada, Shinichiro ^a   Horie, Yoshinori ^a   Kato, Shinzo ^a   Ishii, Hiromasa ^a   Shimojima, Naoki ^a   Haga, Junko ^a   Shimazu, Motohide ^a   Kitajima, Masaki ^a   Hibi, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial liver support; Estimated liver volume; Liver atrophy; Living donor liver transplantation; Volumetric analysis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ATROPHY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33644878192     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03949.x     Document Type: Article

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