4. Payton, PBD testing for alcohol misuse, 24Apr13
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AST and ALT – The Aminotransferases<br />
• useful as markers of hepatic damage from<br />
<strong>alcohol</strong><br />
• much less sensitive than GGT<br />
• can be elevated <strong>for</strong> a wide variety of reasons<br />
• do not rise after a single episode<br />
• ALT often correlates with GGT<br />
• of limited value
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