High prevalence of non-virus/non-alcohol-related alanine-aminotransferase increase in blood donors

Haematologica

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1116-

  Morisco, F ^a   Di Lonardo, A ^a   Stroffolini, T ^a   Leone, D ^a   Caporaso, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OBESITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PREVALENCE; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034767542     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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