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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Groups of blood tests performed to know the condition of a liver of a patient are known as Liver function tests (LFT) or liver panel or hepatic function panel or hepatic panel.<ref>Teshome G, Ambachew S, Fasil A, Abebe M. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6803769/ Prevalence of liver function test abnormality and associated factors in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a comparative cross-sectional study]. Ejifcc. 2019 Oct;30(3):303.</ref> | |||
== | == Components of Liver Function Tests == | ||
=== Alanine Transaminase === | |||
'''Normal Value:''' 0–45 IU/l. | |||
=== Aspartate Transaminase === | |||
'''Normal Value:''' 0–35 IU/l. | |||
'''Clinical Significance:''' | |||
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!Causes of Raised Transaminases | |||
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* Alcohol. | |||
* Medications: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, HMG Co-A-reductase inhibitors, antiepileptic drugs, antituberculous drugs, herbal medications, illicit drug use. | |||
* Non-alcoholic steatohepatosis. | |||
* Chronic hepatitis B and C. | |||
* Autoimmune diseases. | |||
* Hemochromatosis. | |||
* Wilson's disease. | |||
* Congestive cardiac failure and ischaemic hepatitis. | |||
* ɑ<sub>1-</sub>Antitrypsin deficiency. | |||
* Coeliac disease. | |||
* Endocrine disease: hypothyroidism, Addison's disease. | |||
* Diseases of striate muscle. | |||
* Glycogen storage diseases. | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Groups of blood tests performed to know the condition of a liver of a patient are known as Liver function tests (LFT) or liver panel or hepatic function panel or hepatic panel.[1]
Components of Liver Function Tests[edit | edit source]
Alanine Transaminase[edit | edit source]
Normal Value: 0–45 IU/l.
Aspartate Transaminase[edit | edit source]
Normal Value: 0–35 IU/l.
Clinical Significance:
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Teshome G, Ambachew S, Fasil A, Abebe M. Prevalence of liver function test abnormality and associated factors in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a comparative cross-sectional study. Ejifcc. 2019 Oct;30(3):303.
