Serum vascular endothelial growth factor per platelet count in patients with biliary atresia

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-229

  Chongsrisawat, Voranush ^a   Vejchapipat, Paisarn ^a   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Platelet; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 77957950119     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/abm-2010-0030     Document Type: Article

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