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Is mortality from liver disease associated with normal serum aminotransferase concentrations?

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The synopsis was written by Waheed Bhatti, Assistant Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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    Shinichi Kakumu

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SERUM AMINOTRANSFERASE ASSAY

Serum enzyme test to indicate type of liver injury; alanine aminotransferase is more specific for liver damage than aspartate aminotransferase

RELATIVE RISK

Measure of how much a particular risk factor influences the risk of a specified outcome

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Kakumu, S. Is mortality from liver disease associated with normal serum aminotransferase concentrations?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 1, 22–23 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0015

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