The monoethylglycinexylidide test for grading of liver cirrhosis
FABRIS, JEMMOLO, TOFFOLO, PALEARI, VIAGGI, RIGON, CASAGRANDE, LIRUSSI, STRAZZABOSCO, COBELLI, OKOLICSANYI. The monoethylglycinexylidide test for grading of liver cirrhosis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 1999, 13: 67-75. PMID: 9892881, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1999.00431.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver function testsCirrhotic patientsLignocaine injectionLiver cirrhosisFunction testsMEGX testMEGX concentrationsDynamic liver function testsQuantitative liver function testsCompensated liver cirrhosisGood diagnostic accuracyMonoethylglycinexylidide formationMonoethylglycinexylidide testMEGX formationSerum concentrationsPatientsDisease severityMin-1Diagnostic accuracyCirrhosisOptimal sampling timesGood discriminationInjectionNormals