Hypertransaminasemia in childhood as a marker of genetic liver disorders

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 820-826

  Iorio, Raffaele ^a   Sepe, Angela ^a   Giannattasio, Antonietta ^a   Cirillo, Francesco ^a   Vegnente, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Cryptogenic hepatitis; Metabolic diseases; Transaminases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HEREDITARY FRUCTOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHWACHMAN SYNDROME; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALAGILLE SYNDROME; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE INTOLERANCE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 25144445813     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-005-1635-7     Document Type: Article

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