Serum transferrin levels - A predictive marker of spontaneous closure and mortality in patients with enterocutaneous fistulae

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 212-214

  Lubana, Parvinder Singh ^a   Aggarwal, Gaurav ^a   Aggarwal, Himanshu ^a   Jain, D K ^a  

^a MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Enterocutaneous fistulae; Serum transferrin; Short turnover proteins; Spontaneous closure; Total parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 78649714694     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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