13C-methacetin and 13C-galactose breath tests can assess restricted liver function even in early stages of primary biliary cirrhosis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1336-1341

  Holtmeier, Julia ^a   Leuschner, Maria ^a   Schneider, Arne ^a   Leuschner, Ulrich ^a   Caspary, Wolfgang F ^a   Braden, Barbara ^b,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breath tests; Cytochrome P450; Galactose elimination; Liver disease; Pathology; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

4 ACETANISIDINE; CARBON 13; CYTOCHROME P450; GALACTOSE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ALGORITHM; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750424046     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520600670125     Document Type: Article

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