Liver biochemistry abnormalities in a quaternary care lipid clinic database

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-66

  Wiesinger, Holly A R ^a,b   Shah, J ^a   White, A ^a   Yoshida, E M ^a   Frohlich, J ^a   Sirrs, S ^a   Gill, S ^a   Byrne, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

HMG CoA reductase inhibitor; Hyperlipidemia; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; CERIVASTATIN; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIVER; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549116831     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31889-7     Document Type: Article

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