An Early Increase in Gamma Glutamyltranspeptidase And Low Aspartate Aminotransferase Peak Values Are Associated With Superior Outcomes After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1727-1730

  Eisenbach, C ^a   Encke, J ^a   Merle, U ^a   Gotthardt, D ^a   Weiss, K H ^a   Schneider, L ^a   Latanowicz, S ^a   Spiegel, M ^a   Engelmann, G ^a   Stremmel, W ^a   Buchler M W ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Weigand, M A ^a   Sauer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67249124189     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.01.084     Document Type: Article

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