Seasonal variation in liver function tests: A time-series analysis of outpatient data

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-384

  Miyake, Kazunori ^a   Miyake, Noriko ^a   Kondo, Shigemi ^a   Tabe, Yoko ^a   Ohsaka, Akimichi ^a   Miida, Takashi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLINESTERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHOLINESTERASES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69749111721     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2009.008203     Document Type: Article

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