Serum alanine aminotransferase level alone may not accurately represent necro-inflammation in patients with acute nepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1053-1054

  Seo, Yeon Seok ^a   Um, Soon Ho ^a   Jung, Eun Suk ^a   Yim, Hyung Joon ^a   Kim, Chang Duck ^a   Ryu, Ho Sang ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; HEPATITIS A; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 63349108637     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22805     Document Type: Letter

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