The liver in 30-year-old individuals with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1349-1355

  Bernspang E ^a   Carlson, J ^b   Piitulainen, E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency; Liver disease; Liver function; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CITALOPRAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICUS;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 70449481750     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365520903296669     Document Type: Article

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