Liver enzymes through a pragmatic lens: Interpreting alanine aminotransferase elevation

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Liver enzymes through a pragmatic lens: Interpreting alanine aminotransferase elevation

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Vanessa Weenink

Samarina Musaad, Melissa Yssel, Charles Ng
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Medication is a very common cause for abnormal liver enzymes

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This article, the second in a three-part series on liver enzymes, introduces alanine aminotransferase and describes how to go about investigating elevations in this biomarker for liver health

Reports of the degrees of elevation that define mild versus moderate or severe elevation of liver enzymes vary in the literature... Key points