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Splenectomy affects the balance between hepatic growth factor and transforming growth factor-β and its effect on liver regeneration is dependent on the amount of liver resection in rats

PURPOSE: Small-for-size syndrome (SFSS) is a major problem in liver surgery, and splenectomy has been used to prevent SFSS. However, it is unknown whether splenectomy has the same effect on liver regeneration in both standard and marginal hepatectomy. The aim of this study is to see a difference in...

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Autores principales: Kim, Joohyun, Kim, Chang-Ju, Ko, Il-Gyu, Joo, Sun Hyung, Ahn, Hyung Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Surgical Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3319778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22493765
http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/jkss.2012.82.4.238