Upper limits of normal for alanine aminotransferase activity in the United States population

Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 447-454

  Ruhl, Constance E ^a   Everhart, James E ^b  

^a SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856380871     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24725     Document Type: Article

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