Index of convexity: A novel liver function index using Tc-GSA scintigraphy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-96

  Miki, Kenji ^a   Matsui, Yuichi ^a   Teruya, Masanori ^a   Kaminishi, Michio ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^b  

^a Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver cirrhosis; Liver functional reserve; Preoperative assessment; Technetium 99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid galactosyl human serum albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CHOLINESTERASE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M DIETHYLENETRIAMINEPENTAACETIC ACID GALACTOSYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATITIS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84873615237     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i1.92     Document Type: Article

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