Isolated increase of the serum aspartate aminotransferase level in a young asymptomatic patient: Macro-AST;Geïsoleerde stijging van de serumactiviteit van aspartaataminotransferase bij een jonge patiënt zonder symptomen: Macro-AST

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 2807-2809

  Vandenbussche, F ^a   Bernard, D ^a   Orlent, H ^a  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 29144434672     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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