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BOOKS
Burtis, Carl A. and Edward R. Ashwood. Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1999.
Cahill, Matthew. Handbook of Diagnostic Tests. 2nd ed. Springhouse, PA: Springhouse Corporation,...
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Henry, J. B. Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 20th ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 2001.
Wallach, Jacques. Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.
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Jensen, J. E. Liver Function Tests. [cited April 4, 2003].
National Institutes of Health. [cited April 4, 2003].
Worman, Howard J. Common Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease. [cited April 4, 2003].
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Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs), which include liver enzymes, are groups of clinical biochemistry laboratory blood assays designed to give information about the state of a patient's liver. Most liver diseases cause only mild symptoms initially, but it is vital that these diseases be detected early. Hepatic (liver) involvement in some diseases can be of crucial importance. This testing is performed by a medical technologist on a patient's serum or plasma sample obtained by phlebotomy. Some tests are associated with functionality (eg. albumin); some with cellular integrity (eg. transaminase) and some with conditions linked to the biliary tract (gamma-glutamyl transferase and alkaline phosphatase).
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