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Macro-Aspartate Aminotransferase and Monoclonal Gammopathy: A Review of Two Cases

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  1. Division of Transplantation Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, USA

    Tuesday Werner & Hugo E. Vargas

  2. Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 North University Boulevard, Room 4100, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    Naga Chalasani

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Werner, T., Vargas, H.E. & Chalasani, N. Macro-Aspartate Aminotransferase and Monoclonal Gammopathy: A Review of Two Cases. Dig Dis Sci 52, 1197–1198 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9555-9

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