Association between serum γ-glutamyltransferase and pulmonary dysfunction

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2053-2055

  Kim, Eun Sook ^a   Moon, Sungdae ^a   Han, Je Ho ^a   Kim, Soon Ae ^b   Lee, Eun Hae ^b   Beom, Sun Hee ^b   Ahn, Chul Woo ^b   Kim, Kyung Rae ^b  

^a Bupyeong gu   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glutamyltransferase; Metabolic disorders; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84872954762     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0145     Document Type: Letter

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