Zinc and the liver: An active interaction

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1595-1612

  Stamoulis, Ioannis ^a,b   Kouraklis, Grigorios ^b   Theocharis, Stamatios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute; Chronic; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Injury; Liver; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; CHELATING AGENT; COLCHICINE; PENICILLAMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TETRATHIOMOLIBDATE; TRIENTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATTY LIVER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WILSON DISEASE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; ZINC;

EID: 34249907818     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9462-0     Document Type: Review

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