Correlation between plasma endothelin-1 levels and severity of septic liver failure quantified by maximal liver function capacity (LiMAx test). A prospective study

Magnus F. Kaffarnik; Navid Ahmadi; Johan F. Lock; Tilo Wuensch; Johann Pratschke; Martin Stockmann; Maciej Malinowski

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178237

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Correlation between plasma endothelin-1 levels and severity of septic liver failure quantified by maximal liver function capacity (LiMAx test). A prospective study

Magnus F. Kaffarnik ,

* E-mail: magnus.kaffarnik@charite.de

Affiliation Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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Navid Ahmadi,

Affiliation Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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Johan F. Lock,

Affiliations Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Department of General-, Visceral-, Vascular- and Paediatric Surgery, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Tilo Wuensch,

Affiliation Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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Johann Pratschke,

Affiliation Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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Martin Stockmann,

Affiliation Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
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Maciej Malinowski

Affiliations Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany, University Hospital of Homburg, Department of General-, Visceral-, Vascular- and Paediatric Surgery, Homburg, Germany
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Correlation between plasma endothelin-1 levels and severity of septic liver failure quantified by maximal liver function capacity (LiMAx test). A prospective study

Magnus F. Kaffarnik,
Navid Ahmadi,
Johan F. Lock,
Tilo Wuensch,
Johann Pratschke,
Martin Stockmann,
Maciej Malinowski

Published: May 23, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178237

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