Apelin is a marker of the progression of liver fibrosis and portal hypertension in patients with biliary atresia

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Chen, Wei ^a,b   Oue, Takaharu ^a   Ueno, Takehisa ^a   Uehara, Shuichiro ^a   Usui, Noriaki ^a   Fukuzawa, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apelin; APJ; Biliary atresia; Esophageal varices; Liver fibrosis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

APELIN; APELIN RECEPTOR; BILIRUBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STELLATE CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872278856     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-012-3210-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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