The ratio of aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT): The correlation of value with underlying severity of alcoholic liver disease

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 233-236

  Gurung, Ram Bahadur ^a   Purbe, B ^a   Gyawali, P ^a   Risal, P ^a  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; AST ALT ratio

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAHMIN; CHHETRI; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DALIT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIAN; NEWARS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84892604914     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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