Persistently normal alanine transaminase levels in chronic C hepatitis: What does it tell us?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 41, 2001, Pages 1397-1400

  Dincer D ^a   Okten A ^a   Kaymakoglu, S ^a   Besisik, F ^a   Demir, K ^a   Tuncer, I ^a   Bozaci, M ^a   Turkoglu, S ^a   Cevikbas U ^a   Cakaloglu Y ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C infection; Normal alanine transaminase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034781430     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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