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Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)
Enzyme found mainly in liver cells; higher blood levels can indicate hepatocellular injury and are interpreted with other liver markers and clinical context.
What is measured?
The level, concentration or activity of this biomarker measured in the relevant blood sample.
What the result represents?
Aden's range
What a raised or a low result can indicate
How Aden reads it as part of a system?
Aden reads this result alongside AST, ALP, GGT, bilirubin, albumin, creatinine and your previous measurements. It is treated as one part of the wider liver & kidney picture, not as a diagnosis on its own.
What changes between tests?
Which related markers give it context?
AST, ALP, GGT, bilirubin, albumin, creatinine
How to get this tested?
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