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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultDiscriminant AnalysisFemaleHumansLidocaineLiver CirrhosisLiver Function TestsMaleMiddle AgedModels, BiologicalSensitivity and SpecificityConceptsLiver 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