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Isolated Increase in Serum Aspartate Aminotransferase in an Asymptomatic Young Nepalese Female
Vivek Pant, Santosh Pradhan, Keyoor Gautam, Devish Pyakurel
The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfz004
Patients having persistently raised AST level without other abnormal liver indices should be tested for macroAST. Early diagnosis of macroAST avoids unnecessary investigations or invasive procedures and decreases patient anxiety.