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Fatty liver laboratory findings
Introduction
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Overview
Overview
Most individuals are asymptomatic and are usually discovered incidentally because of abnormal liver function tests or hepatomegaly noted in unrelated medical condition. Elevated liver biochemistry is found in 50% of patients with simple steatosis.[1] The serum ALT level usually is greater than the AST level in non-alcoholic variant and the opposite in alcoholic FLD.
Laboratory Findings
Laboratory Findings
References
References
- ↑ Sleisenger, Marvin (2006). Sleisenger and Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company. ISBN 1416002456.
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