Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Biochemical "liver function tests"

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7566, 2006, Pages 481-483

  Smellie, W Stuart A ^a   Ryder, Stephen D ^b  

^a BISHOP AUCKLAND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG TOLERANCE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GILBERT DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; METHODOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ENZYME TESTS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; GILBERT DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE;

EID: 33748431986     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.481     Document Type: Review

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