Human serum albumin: Not just a plasma volume expander

Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 355-357

  Arroyo, Vincente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; TERLIPRESSIN; ALBUMINOID;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BINDING SITE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TRANSPORT; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; NOTE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ALBUMINS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 68949183160     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23006     Document Type: Editorial

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