Keratin-18 as a marker of steatohepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 545-

  Gonzalez Quintela, Arturo ^a   Lojo, Santiago ^a   Otero, Esteban ^a   Perez, Luis F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOKERATIN 18; EPITOPE; KERATIN; MARKER; TISSUE POLYPEPTIDE ANTIGEN;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CYTOSKELETON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; KERATIN-18; PEPTIDES;

EID: 33847723455     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21550     Document Type: Letter

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