Matrix metalloproteinase-9 in fulminant hepatic failure

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1475-1476

  Palenzuela, Lluis ^a,c   Mas, Antoni ^c,d   Montaner, Joan ^b   Cordoba, Juan ^a,c  

^a Institut de Recerca   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TISSUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS A; HYPOTHESIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; HEPATITIS C; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MICE;

EID: 77950615545     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23558     Document Type: Letter

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