Unexplained Isolated Elevation in Serum Aspartate Aminotransferase: Think Macro!

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2007, Pages e5-

  Sass, David A ^a   Chadalavada, Rajagopal ^a   Virji, Mohamed A ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548190740     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.10.022     Document Type: Letter

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