Evaluation of serum anion gap in patients with liver cirrhosis of diverse etiologies

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-284

  Hassan, Hatim ^a   Joh, Jung H ^a   Bacon, Bruce R ^a   Bastani, Bahar ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base; Acidosis; Anion gap; Cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANION; CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4644245434     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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