Liver overload in Brazilian triathletes after half-ironman competition is related muscle fatigue

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-248

  Bürger Mendonça, Marcos ^a,c   Bielavsky, Monica ^b   Barbosa, Fernanda C R ^a  

^a UNESA   (Brazil)

^b FMU   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Half ironman; Liver enzymes; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATHLETE; BRAZIL; ENERGY YIELD; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; TRIATHLON;

EID: 50849118174     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31855-1     Document Type: Article

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