Incidental hypertransaminasemia in children: Potential delay in diagnosis of muscle disease
Many physicians believe that muscle disease leads either to sole elevation of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or a disproportionate increase in AST versus alanine aminotreansferase (ALT). We herein report 25 patients with muscle disease who presented erroneously to the hepatologist with an incident...
Main Authors: | Carolyne Ghobrial, Nehal Abdelhamid, Hanaa El-Karaksy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-12-01
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Series: | Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110663818300363 |
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