Evaluation of abnormal liver tests

Clinical Cornerstone

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Rochling, Fedja A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 ETHYL 10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CAMPTOTHECIN; CHEMICAL AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FERRITIN; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; IRINOTECAN; IRON; LIVER ENZYME; LIVER PROTEIN; TOXIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG METABOLISM; HERB; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SERUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034887752     PISSN: 10983597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3597(01)90074-2     Document Type: Article

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