Increase of serum des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin in alcoholic liver disease without hepatocellular carcinoma

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Ohhira, M ^a   Ohtake, T ^a   Saito, H ^a   Ikuta, K ^a   Tanaka, K ^a   Tanabe, H ^a   Kawashima, T ^a   Fujimoto, Y ^a   Naraki, T ^a   Ono, M ^a   Kohgo, Y ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign Liver Disease; Gamma Glutamyl Carboxylation; PIVKA II; Tumor Marker; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0032953265     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04537.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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