Elevation of Serum Aminotransferase as a Sign of Multiorgan-Disorders in Severely Emaciated Anorexia Nervosa

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-39

  Ozawa, Yasunori ^a   Shimizu, Taeko ^a   Shishiba, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT); Aspartate aminotransferase (AST); Body mass index (BMI); Creatinine kinase (CK); Eating disorders; Refeeding

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; TIME; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031603188     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.32     Document Type: Article

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