Can fatty liver disease present with elevations in alkaline phosphatase without other liver enzyme elevations (AST and ALT)?
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Hepatology · Mount Sinai Hospital
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It is very atypical but can occur. Patients usually have elevations in aminotransferases (usually ALT higher than AST) and there can be very mild concurrent elevations in alkaline phosphatase. An isolated alkaline phosphatase elevation should however prompt a more extensive serological work up as we...
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