Relationships between blood levels of fat soluble vitamins and disease etiology and severity in adults awaiting liver transplantation

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1402-1410

  Abbott Johnson, Winsome ^a   Kerlin, Paul ^b   Clague, Alan ^c   Johnson, Helen ^d   Cuneo, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholestatic; Liver diseases; Liver transplantation; Vitamin A; Vitamin D; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BILIRUBIN; CALCIFEDIOL; RETINOL; ZINC;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80052374672     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06746.x     Document Type: Article

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