Transaminitis in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 719-722

  Tay, S K H ^a   Ong, H T ^a   Low, P S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alanine transaminase; Aspartate transaminase; Creatine kinase; Duchenne's muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034332433     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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