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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2008; 14(18): 2867-2871
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2867
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2867
Persistent alanine aminotransferase elevation among the general Iranian population: Prevalence and causes
Raika Jamali, Masoud Khoshnia, Shahin Merat, Elham Jafari, Akram Pourshams, Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran 14117, Iran
Mahmoodreza Khonsari, Department of Internal Medicine Hamadan, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Alireza Bahram Kalhori, Department of Radiology Gonbad, Social Insurance Organization Khatam Hospital, Golestan, Iran
Hassan Abolghasemi, Sedighe Amini, Mahtab Maghsoudlu, Mohammad Reza Deyhim, Houri Rezvan, Iranian Blood Transfusion Research Center, Tehran 14117, Iran
Author contributions: Pourshams A designed the research; Merat S, Jamali R, Khoshnia M, Jafari E and Khonsari M performed the research and wrote the paper; Bahram Kalhori A, Abolghasemi H, Amini S, Maghsoudlu M, Deyhim MR and Rezvan H analyzed the data.
Correspondence to: Dr. Akram Pourshams, Digestive Disease Research Center, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Shariati Hospital, North Kargar Avenue, Tehran 14117, Iran. purshams@ams.ac.ir
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Received: September 28, 2007
Revised: February 20, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
Revised: February 20, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
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