Transportability and reproducibility of the AST/ALT ratio in chronic hepatitis C patients [1]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 918-919

  Giannini, Edoardo ^a   Risso, Domenico ^a   Testa, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Gastroenterology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0035075219     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02439-4     Document Type: Letter

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6. The utility of AST/ALT ratio as a non-invasive demonstration of the degree of liver fibrosis in chronic HCV patients on long-term haemodialysis