Actin-free Gc globulin: A rapidly assessed biomaker of organ dysfunction in acute liver failure and cirrhosis

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1254-1261

  Antoniades, Charalambos G ^a   Berry, Philip A ^a   Bruce, Matthew ^a   Cross, Timothy J S ^a   Portal, Andrew J ^a   Hussain, Munther J ^a   Bernal, William ^a   Wendon, Julia A ^a   Vergani, Diego ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEPSIS;

ACTINS; ADULT; APACHE; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 34648822900     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21196     Document Type: Article

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