Liver enzymes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and incident cardiovascular disease: A narrative review and clinical perspective of prospective data

Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1156-1161

  Ghouri, Nazim ^a   Preiss, David ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FATTY LIVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER BIOPSY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY LIVER; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956631214     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23789     Document Type: Review

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