A Free Radical Scavenger, Edaravone, Prevents Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Liver Grafts From Non-Heart-Beating Donors

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2171-2174

  Nakamura, A ^a   Akamatsu, Y ^a   Miyagi, S ^a   Fukumori, T ^a   Sekiguchi, S ^a   Satomi, S ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NORPHENAZONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPYRINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILE; CADAVER; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 51249102618     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.049     Document Type: Article

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