Macro-AST as cause of unknown hypertransaminasaemia [1]

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-104

  Sanchez Munoz D ^a   Romero Gomez, Manuel ^a   Moro, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MACROASPARTATE TRANSAMINEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0037245873     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200301000-00019     Document Type: Letter

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