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Dr. Wu's Liver diseases
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( Posted Sep. 1996; Last updated Apr. 10, 2004 )
Implication of liver test
- 1) Tests for the detection of degree of damage or reservation of liver function
- 2) Tests for the detection of the total functioning liver cell mass
- 3) The degree of elevation of serum GOT or GPT levels does not express the degree of liver cell damage, and differs depending on :
- The time from damage to determination,
- The size of functioning liver cell mass,
- The factors that needed for synthesis
- 4) The tests that really reflect the function of the liver are:
- Serum albumin -- synthesized only in the liver
- Rapid turnover protein, coagulation factors -- synthesized only in the liver and removed from blood stream rapidly
- Excretary function -- of drugs or dye
- Serum level of bile acids -- physiological excretion test
- 5) Liver cells, biliary system and circulatory system relate to one another.
---such as: serum bilirubin and bile acids relate to both liver cells and biliary system.
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(By Jau-Shin Wu, M.D.;Posted Sep. 1996; Revised April 08, 2004 )
