Are there ethnicity-based differences in the evaluation of individuals with abnormal liver biochemistries?>

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-127

  Chalasani, Naga ^a   Saha, Chandan ^a   Teal, Evgenia ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminotransferase; Charlson index; Fatty liver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRANSAMINASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249320536     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.01.037     Document Type: Article

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