Hepatoprotective effects of marine and kuhuang in liver transplant recipients

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-34

  Xu, Xiao ^a   Ling, Qi ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   He, Zeng Lei ^a   Xie, Hai Yang ^a   Zheng, Shu Sen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Diammonium glycyrrhizinate; Kuhuang; Liver transplantation; Matrine; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; DIAMMONIUM GLYCYRRHIZINATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KUHUANG; MATRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 65449132391     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X09006643     Document Type: Article

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