Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may have normal alanine aminotransferase levels in spite of having advanced fibrosis, according to a new study.

In total 15 individuals (24%) had persistently normal ALT levels. There were no significant differences between these patients and those with elevated ALT levels with respect to age, gender, HIV risk ...

MILAN, Italy -- Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease but normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels are still at risk of severe hepatic disease, researchers found.

The upper limit of normal levels for ALT tend to differ from institution to institution, and clinicians may not think to assess an ALT level of 70 IU/L though this elevation is associated with ...

Disease progression occurs even in patients with persistently normal serum ALT levels. Summary For patients with chronic viral hepatitis, clinicians instinctively rely on liver enzyme measurements ...

However, a subgroup of patients with persistently normal ALT levels may have significant cases of fibrosis. Liver biopsy may be recommendable in patients coinfected with HIV and HCV who have ...

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients may exhibit liver fibrosis and other pathological changes despite normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT). This study aimed to assess the efficacy and ...

Please give guidance on the pros and cons of treating patients who are anti-HCV-positive and who have a high HCV RNA level, but in whom the serum aminotransferases are persistently normal.

SYDNEY, Australia -- The upper limit of normal for the ALT liver enzyme in adolescent males has been too high, said researchers here.

Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may have normal alanine aminotransferase levels in spite of having advanced fibrosis, according to a new study in the September issue of Hepatology ...