How to respond to abnormal liver function tests
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How to respond to abnormal liver function tests.
disease, so many cases of liver disease are now identified in individuals incidentally found to have abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) as part of routine automated laboratory testing. Abnormal LFTs cannot be ignored because a subgroup of these patients will have progressive and potentially life-threatening liver disease for which therapeutic interventions are often available. Even in an asym...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-5-406