Elevated ALT Levels Predict Risk of Death From Liver Cancer

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Elevated ALT Levels Predict Risk of Death From Liver Cancer

November 2, 2006 (Boston) — The currently accepted upper

limit of normal for serum alanine aminotransferase

(ALT) levels is " artificially high, " officials from the American

Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) believe. The

current normal range excludes a number of individuals who feel well but who are

at increased risk for liver disease.

AASLD officials are working to " recalibrate " the normal range,

based in part on a number of studies presented here this week at the AASLD 57th

annual meeting, which show that elevated liver enzymes are a risk factor for

mortality in general and liver disease, specifically………. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/547077

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