Serum and urinary fucose concentrations in Hepatitis B-related cirrhosis and acute liver diseases

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 233-235

  Sathish Kumar, N ^a   Eapen, C E ^a   Jeyamani, R ^a   Balasubramanian, K A ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; FUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUCOSYLATION; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLORIMETRY; FUCOSE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 1542499723     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2003.12.009     Document Type: Letter

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