Interpretation of Liver Enzymes

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-333

  Center, Sharon A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARGINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CORTISONE; CREATINE KINASE; CYANOGINOSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; NITROSAMINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PRIMIDONE;

AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST TUMOR; CHOLANGITIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847287763     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2006.11.009     Document Type: Review

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