Effect of the herbal medicine Inchin-Ko-To for serum bilirubin in hepatectomized patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 81, 2008, Pages 150-154

  Kaiho, Takashi ^a   Tsuchiya, Shunichi ^a   Yanagisawa, Shinji ^a   Takeuchi, Osamu ^a   Togawa, Akira ^a   Okamoto, Ryo ^a   Saigusa, Naoki ^a   Miyazaki, Masaru ^b  

^a KIMITSU CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Hepatectomy; Herbal medicine; Inchin ko to; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; INCHINKO TO;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BILIRUBIN; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 41549087830     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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