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The SGOT/SGPT ratio—An indicator of alcoholic liver disease

✍ Scribed by Jerold A. Cohen; Marshall M. Kaplan


Book ID
112517090
Publisher
Springer US
Year
1979
Tongue
English
Weight
252 KB
Volume
24
Category
Article
ISSN
0163-2116

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✦ Synopsis


The SGOT/SGPT ratio is significantly elevated in patients with alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis (2.85 +/- 0.2) compared with patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis (1.74 +/- 0.2), chronic hepatitis (1.3 +/- 0.17), obstructive jaundice (0.81 +/- 0.06) and viral hepatitis (0.74 +/- 0.07). An SGOT/SGPT ratio greater than 2 is highly suggestive of alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. It occurs in 70% of these patients compared with 26% of patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis, 8% with chronic hepatitis, 4% with viral hepatitis and none with obstructive jaundice.


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