Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index in patients with alcoholic liver fibrosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1500-1508

  Lieber, Charles S ^a,b   Weiss, David G ^a,c   Morgan, Timothy R ^d,e   Paronetto, Fiorenzo ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33745538951     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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