A review about liver function tests
1 General Directorate of Education of Babylon Governorate, Iraq.
2 Department of Medical Labrotary Technical, Alamal College for Specialized Medical Sciences, Karbala, 56001, Iraq.
3 Department of Technical Nursing, Technical Institute-Baghdad, Middle Technical University ,10074, Iraq.
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2025, 30(01), 213-217.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2025.30.1.0023
Publication history:
Received on 10 December 2024; revised on 19 January 2025; accepted on 22 January 2025
Abstract:
In general, Tests for liver function in the laboratory are those that help diagnose and treat patients with hepatic dysfunction. The liver is responsible for the metabolism of fats., proteins, and carbohydrates. As biochemical markers of liver dysfunction, a few end products of metabolic pathways and enzymes that are extremely sensitive to abnormalities could be employed. Serum bilirubin, Ceruloplasmin, α-fetoprotein, alkaline phosphatase, 5′ nucleotidase, aspartate amino transferase, alanine amino transferase, and gamma glutamyl transferase are a few of the biological. If a patient has one or more changes in the biochemical markers of liver damage, physicians may have trouble detecting diseases that directly affect the liver or include other organs. The phrase "liver chemistry tests," which refers to a variety of serum chemistries that can be examined to assess hepatic function and/or damage, is often used but is not well defined.
Keywords:
Serum Bilirubin; Alanine amino transferase; Aspartate amino transferase; Alkaline phosphatase; Gamma Glutamyl Transferase; Ceruloplasmin; α-fetoprotein
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