Now that routine laboratory testing is automated and is frequently part of an annual checkup,
physicians are often faced with the problem of a patient with one abnormal result on …

Primary biliary cirrhosis, a slowly progressive autoimmune liver disease characterized by portal
inflammation and an immune-mediated destruction of the intrahepatic bile ducts, leads to …

Practice Guidelines 1;(3) guideline policies, including the AASLD Policy on the Development
and Use of Practice Guidelines and the American Gastroenterological Association Policy …

This highly regarded book provides a bridge that spans spacecraft maneuvering and control
techniques with associated physical fundamentals. Beginning with an examination of the …

Primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic cholestatic liver disease of unknown cause, is
characterized by ongoing inflammation, destruction, and fibrosis of intrahepatic and extrahepatic …

The SGOT/SGPT ratio is significantly elevated in patients with alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis
(2.85±0.2) compared with patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis (1.74±0.2), chronic hepatitis (…

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology, often associated
with other autoimmune conditions. Controlled studies have so far provided conflicting …

In a series of in vitro studies, both the soluble (plasmatic) coagulation system and the cellular
(platelet-mediated) aspect of blood coagulation were shown to be extremely sensitive to …

Primary biliary cirrhosis is a chronic, progressive cholestatic liver disease of unknown cause
that usually affects middle-aged women and eventually leads to liver failure and the need …

Alkaline phosphatase has been the subject of numerous studies since the initial observations
more than 40 years ago that its activity was elevated in the serum of patients with liver and …