Liver function tests in normal pregnancy: A prospective study of 103 pregnant women and 103 matched controls

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1030-1034

  Bacq, Yannick ^a   Zarka, Olivier ^a   Bréchot, Jean François ^a   Mariotte, Nicole ^b   Vol, Sylviane ^b   Tichet, Jean ^b   Weill, Jacques ^a  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b Inst Reg Pour la Sante   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029919914     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008621129     Document Type: Article

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