AST is also present in other parts of the body, including the: kidneys heart muscles Another name for the AST enzyme is serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT). Most people have low levels ...

Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia occurs when bilirubin, a by-product of red blood cells, builds up in the blood. This can indicate several underlying causes, such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, or biliary ...

A heart check-up can help detect early signs of trouble and prevent severe complications. Liver Function Test. Tests such as SGOT and SGPT measure how well your liver is functioning after processing ...

IN the development of new methods for detecting bilirubin in urine technical simplicity has generally been sacrificed for increased sensitivity and specificity. As a consequence many clinicians ...

The biotech saw no clinically significant changes in bilirubin, platelets or two liver enzymes. There were no dose-dependent trends in any of the laboratory measurements. One patient had a grade 2 ...

CONJUGATED bilirubins (esters) are formed within the liver cells from bilirubin and glucuronic or sulphuric acid. These compounds are very unstable because of the highly reactive central methylene ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2012;7(3):269-279. In summary, excess levels of urobilinogen and bilirubin in the urine may signal liver disease, and more research is needed to correlate these ...

A 27-year-old male civil servant presented to a hospital in India with noduloulcerative lesions on both lower limbs. At presentation, the patient also had a low-grade continuous fever, malaise and ...

Fenofibrate therapy was found to be effective in lowering bilirubin levels among newborn infants with jaundice. Fenofibrate therapy may significantly lower bilirubin levels in full-term infants with ...

This valuable descriptive manuscript builds on prior research showing that the elimination of Origin Recognition Complex (ORC) subunits does not halt DNA replication. The authors obtain solid data ...

1 Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiujiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China 2 The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang ...