Gamma-glutamyltransferase as a cardiovascular risk factor
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Gamma-glutamyltransferase as a cardiovascular risk factor.
The association of a novel factor with clinical vascular disease must meet the same high standard met by ‘traditional’ risk factors. Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) activity is a low-cost, highly sensitive laboratory test: though it is currently considered as an index of hepatobiliary dysfunction and alcohol abuse, pathology studies from our group since 1998 have indicated its possible ro...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl151