Background and Aims: Serum levels of ferritin and heme oxygenase (HO)-1 are both markers of macrophage activation. We evaluated simple markers for predicting the prognosis of severe acute liver injury ...

Adults aged 35–59 years from the Korean general population, who in 1990 and 1992 were required by the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation to receive health checks, were selected for this prospective ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Shorter sleep durations were correlated with abnormal serum alanine aminotransferase levels and development of ...

Background The association between serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels and hepatic insulin resistance (IR) has been evaluated with the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. However, there is no ...

HealthDay News — Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels within normal range are associated with cardiovascular event risk, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of The American Journal of ...

Liver diseases are commonly diagnosed using serum enzyme assays, particularly for aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl ...

For the first time in a liver test guideline, authors have defined a normal health serum serum alanine aminotransferase level The American College of Gastroenterology has issued new recommendations on ...

Background. There is growing evidence that mildly increased amounts of iron in the liver can increase hepatic injury, particularly if combined with other hepatotoxic factors, such as alcohol use, use ...

Annabelle, an 18-year-old white woman, was referred by her primary care provider to our gastroenterology practice for markedly elevated serum transaminase levels. Her mother and grandmother ...

Dyslipidemia increases the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and is incompletely reversed by statin therapy alone in many patients. Thyroid hormone lowers levels of serum low-density ...