Clinical research on liver reserve function by 13C-phenylalanine breath test in aged patients with chronic liver diseases

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Gan Sheng ^a   Bao, Zhi Jun ^a   Zou, Jian ^a   Yin, Shu Ming ^a   Huang, Yi Qin ^a   Huang, Hai ^a   Qiu, De Kai ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHENYLALANINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PHENYLALANINE;

EID: 77951991688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-23     Document Type: Article

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