The LiMAx test: A new liver function test for predicting postoperative outcome in liver surgery

HPB

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Stockmann, Martin ^a   Lock, Johan F ^a   Malinowski, Maciej ^a   Niehues, Stefan M ^a   Seehofer, Daniel ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver function; Methacetin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77449091739     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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