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Marked elevations of serum glutamic oxalacetic transaminase and lactic dehydrogenase activity in chronic extrahepatic biliary disease

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The histories of 3 patients with chronic extrahepatic biliary tract disease and marked elevations of SGOT and LDH are presented. Attention is focused on the sudden onset of symptoms with concomitantly raised enzymes as a clue that the clinical picture may be caused by a surgical rather than a medical disease.

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  1. From the Department of Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, USA

    Americo Abbruzzese MD & Russell L. Jeffery MD

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Supported in part by Grant AM-07848-05 from the NIH, US Public Health Service.

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Abbruzzese, A., Jeffery, R.L. Marked elevations of serum glutamic oxalacetic transaminase and lactic dehydrogenase activity in chronic extrahepatic biliary disease. Digest Dis Sci 14, 332–338 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02235945

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