Epidemiology and genetic epidemiology of the liver function test proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Rahmioglu, Nilufer ^a   Andrew, Toby ^a   Cherkas, Lynn ^a   Surdulescu, Gabriela ^a   Swaminathan, Ramasamyiyer ^b   Spector, Tim ^a   Ahmadi, Kourosh R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; LIVER PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

EID: 84887212410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004435     Document Type: Article

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