Glutathione s-transferase activity and total thiol status in chronic alcohol abusers before and 30 days after alcohol abstinence

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Muttigi, Manjunatha S ^a   Prabhu, Lakshmi S ^a   Kedage, Vivekananda ^a   Prakash, Mungli ^a   Shetty, Jeevan K ^a   Virupaksha, Devaramane ^b   Bhandary, Panambur V ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b AV Baliga Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol abstinence; Alcoholic liver disease; Glutathione S transferase; Total thiols

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649097514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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