Optimal cut-off value of alanine aminotransferase level to precisely estimate the presence of fatty liver in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes

Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 645-646

  Tanabe, Akihito ^a,b   Tatsumi, Fuminori ^a,b   Okauchi, Seizo ^b   Yabe, Hiroki ^a   Tsuda, Tomohiro ^a   Okutani, Kazuma ^a   Yamashita, Kazuki ^a   Nakashima, Koji ^a,b   Kaku, Kohei ^b   Kaneto, Hideaki ^b  

^a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES CONTROL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN EXAMINATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84977487266     PISSN: 20401116     EISSN: 20401124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12418     Document Type: Letter

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