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Original Article

Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase within its normal range predicts a chronic elevation of alanine aminotransferase: A four year follow-up study

Duk-Hee Lee Division of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion Research Center, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 101 Dongin-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, 700-422, South KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ji-sun Lim Division of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion Research Center, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 101 Dongin-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, 700-422, South Korea
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Jin-hun Yang Division of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion Research Center, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 101 Dongin-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, 700-422, South Korea
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Myung-Hwa Ha Health Care Center, POSCO, Pohang, South Korea
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David R. Jacobs Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA; Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Pages 589-593 | Received 07 Sep 2004, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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