Metabolic syndrome is directly associated with gamma glutamyl transpeptidase elevation in Japanese women.

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Published in World J Gastroenterol on April 01, 2004

Authors

Hiroshi Sakugawa1, Tomofumi Nakayoshi, Kasen Kobashigawa, Hiroki Nakasone, Yuko Kawakami, Tsuyoshi Yamashiro, Tatsuji Maeshiro, Ko Tomimori, Satoru Miyagi, Fukunori Kinjo, Atsushi Saito

Author Affiliations

1: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan. b987607@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

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