Serum total and free sialic acid in patients with chronic liver disease

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-139

  Cylwik, Bogdan ^a   Chrostek, Lech ^a   Panasiuk, Anatol ^a   Szmitkowski, MacIej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic liver diseases; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 74549168306     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.016     Document Type: Letter

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