The ratio of aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase: Potential value in differentiating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis from alcoholic liver disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1018-1022

  Sorbi, Darius ^a   Boynton, Jessica ^a   Lindor, Keith D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME TESTS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033119425     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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