A recent study in young Italian subjects suggested that the healthy thresholds for serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels should be adjusted to 30 IU/L for men and 19 IU/L for women when assessing risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Our aim was to assess serum ALT concentrations
Revising the Upper Limit of Normal for Levels of Serum Alanine Aminotransferase in a Middle Eastern Population with Normal Liver Histology
โ Scribed by Al-hamoudi, Waleed; Ali, Safiyya; Hegab, Bassem; Elsiesy, Hussien; Hashim, Almoutaz; Al-Sofayan, Mohammed; Khalaf, Hatem; Al-Bahili, Hamad; Al-Masri, Nasser; Al-Sebayel, Mohammed; Broering, Dieter; Abdo, Ayman; Alqahtani, Saleh; Abaalkhail, Faisal
- Book ID
- 121631428
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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