Role of substance P in the pathogenesis of spider angiomas in patients with nonalcoholic liver cirrhosis.

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Published in Am J Gastroenterol on February 01, 1999

Authors

C P Li1, F Y Lee, S J Hwang, F Y Chang, H C Lin, R H Lu, M C Hou, C J Chu, C C Chan, J C Luo, S D Lee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan, Republic of China.

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