Changes in serum gamma-glutamyl transferase and blood pressure levels in subjects with normal blood pressure and prehypertension

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 189-190

  Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a   Shimohiro, Hisashi ^b   Adachi, Seiji ^c   Sakane, Naoki ^d  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Fujii Masao Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38649135082     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.11.026     Document Type: Letter

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