The differential diagnosis of jaundice.
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Investigation of application of ALT / ALP ratio in the differen- tial diagnosis of jaundice
Objective: To study the value of ALT / ALP ratio (R value) for the differential diagnosis of hepatocellular jaundice and cholestatic jaundice and compare the diagnostic sensitivity of R values and the traditional D / T (DBIL / TBIL) values. Method: We randomly collected 336 cases patients with confirmed diagnosis of dominant jaundice from January 2004 to December 2006 in our hospital and record...
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- The Surgical clinics of North America
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تاریخ انتشار 1948