Macro-asparatate aminotransferase in a female with antibodies to hepatitis C virus

Liver

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 501-506

  Collins, John ^a   Ritter, Detlef ^a   Bacon, Bruce R ^a   Landt, Michael ^b   Creer, Michael H ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SUPERNATANT; BLOOD; ENZYME ASSAY; LIVER DISEASE;

ADULT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0036882347     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0676.2002.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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