Inverse association between serum concentrations of actin-free vitamin D-binding protein and the histopathological extent of fibrogenic liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 990-995

  Gressner, Olav Axel ^a   Gao, Chunfang ^b   Siluschek, Monika ^a   Kim, Philipp ^a   Gressner, Axel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver fibrosis; Thrombophilia; Vitamin D binding protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STAGING; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549110675     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283293769     Document Type: Article

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