Diagnostic strategies and test algorithms in liver disease

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 8 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 1555-1560

  Black, Edgar R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALGORITHM; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0030855629     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.8.1555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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