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Macro-aspartate Aminotransferase: misleading finding in a patient with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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2019
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Persistent elevation of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity in serum due to the presence of a macro-enzyme form of AST (macro-AST) may lead to diagnostic confusion in many clinical conditions, particularly in those associated with chronic liver disease. We present a case of macro-AST in a patient with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in which polyethylene glycol precipitation confirmed the cause of disproportionately elevated AST as macro-AST.
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Cureus;11(6), e5042
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School of Medicine
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macroast, macroenzymes, immune dysregulation, fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic
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https://hdl.handle.net/10344/7999
 https://doi.org/10.34961/6587
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