What causes elevated ALT and alkaline phosphatase?
What causes elevated ALT and alkaline phosphatase? Increased ALT: primary liver disease, biliary obstruction, pancreatitis. ALT > AST viral hepatitis, AST> ALT alcoholic liver disease. Increased ALP: biliary obstruction, primary liver disease (changes parallel GGT), infiltrative liver disease, bone diseases, hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism. Why would alk phos be elevated? ALP is an enzyme found throughout the […]