Portal-systemic shunting in patients with fibrosis or cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C: The minimal model for measuring cholate clearances and shunt

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-410

  Everson, G T ^a,b   Martucci, M A ^b   Shiffman, M L ^c   Sterling, R K ^c   Morgan, T R ^d,e   Hoefs, J C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLIC ACID;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CLEARANCE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; VALIDATION STUDY; VENOUS BLOOD;

CHOLATES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL;

EID: 34447336183     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03389.x     Document Type: Article

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