1. Correlation of alpha-fetoprotein & LFTs in liver diseases By Zahoor Ahmed B .S MLT 06

11. Normal Range = 20 - 125 U/L Bile duct obstruction, liver injury, and some cancers . An enzyme produced in the liver, bone, and placenta that is released into the blood during injury or during such normal activities as bone growth or pregnancy . Alkaline phosphatase What it Tells Us? What is it ? TEST

12. Normal Range = 0 - 48 U/L Liver cell injury (as in hepatitis ) An enzyme produced in the liver that is released into the blood when liver cells are injured. Alanine transaminase (ALT) What it Tells Us? What is it ? TEST

13. Normal Range = M = 50 U/L F = 35 U/L Injury to liver, heart, muscles, or brain. An enzyme released into the blood when the liver, heart, muscle, or brain is injured. Aspartate transaminase (AST) What it Tells Us? What is it ? TEST

14. Normal Range M=< 32 U/L F= < 49 U/L Organ damage, drug toxicity, alcohol abuse, disease of the pancreas . An enzyme produced by the liver, pancreas, and kidneys and released into the blood when these organs are injured . Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase What it Tells Us? What is it? TEST

15. NORMAL RANGE: TOTAL BILI = < 1.0 Mg/dl Direct bili = < 0. 3 Mg/dl Obstruction to bile outflow, liver damage, excessive breakdown of red blood cells (from which bilirubin is made) . A component of the digestive juice (bile) produced by the liver. Bilirubin What it Tells Us? What is it ? TEST

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