Enzymatic Liver Function Capacity Correlates with Disease Severity of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: A Study with the LiMAx Test

Desmet VJ(1994)Classification of chronic hepatitis: diagnosis, grading and staging Hepatology 19 1513-1520

Gerber M(1973)Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding oesophageal varices Br J Surg 60 646-649

Hoofnagle JH(2007)The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) Hepatology 45 797-805

Manns M(2008)Hyponatremia and mortality among patients on the liver-transplant waiting list N Engl J Med 359 1018-1026

Scheuer PJ(2003)A simple noninvasive index can predict both significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C Hepatology 38 518-526

Pugh RN(1990)Lidocaine metabolite formation as a measure of liver function in patients with cirrhosis Ther Drug Monit 12 219-226

Murray-Lyon IM(1995)Aminopyrine breath test: development of a 13C-breath test for quantitative assessment of liver function in humans Hepatogastroenterology. 42 931-938

Dawson JL(1995)Comparison of quantitative methods to assess hepatic function: Pugh’s classification, indocyanine green, antipyrine, and dextromethorphan Pharmacotherapy. 15 693-700

Pietroni MC(2000)13C-phenylalanine and 13C-methacetin breath test to evaluate functional capacity of hepatocyte in chronic liver disease Dig Liver Dis 32 226-232

Williams R(2001)Quantitative testing of liver function in patients with cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C to assess disease severity Liver. 21 26-30

Desmet VJ(1994)Classification of chronic hepatitis: diagnosis, grading and staging Hepatology 19 1513-1520

Gerber M(1973)Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding oesophageal varices Br J Surg 60 646-649

Hoofnagle JH(2007)The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) Hepatology 45 797-805

Manns M(2008)Hyponatremia and mortality among patients on the liver-transplant waiting list N Engl J Med 359 1018-1026

Scheuer PJ(2003)A simple noninvasive index can predict both significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C Hepatology 38 518-526

Pugh RN(1990)Lidocaine metabolite formation as a measure of liver function in patients with cirrhosis Ther Drug Monit 12 219-226

Murray-Lyon IM(1995)Aminopyrine breath test: development of a 13C-breath test for quantitative assessment of liver function in humans Hepatogastroenterology. 42 931-938

Dawson JL(1995)Comparison of quantitative methods to assess hepatic function: Pugh’s classification, indocyanine green, antipyrine, and dextromethorphan Pharmacotherapy. 15 693-700

Pietroni MC(2000)13C-phenylalanine and 13C-methacetin breath test to evaluate functional capacity of hepatocyte in chronic liver disease Dig Liver Dis 32 226-232

Williams R(2001)Quantitative testing of liver function in patients with cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C to assess disease severity Liver. 21 26-30