Dr. Sterling and colleagues undertook a prospective pilot study of liver histology in HIV-positive patients with abnormal liver function tests (>1.25 upper limit of normal in aspartate ...

Steatotic liver disease is highly prevalent among adults having cardiometabolic risk factors, prolonged alcohol intake, or ...

Routine blood counts and a reticulocyte count were normal and urinalysis negative. Liver-function studies are shown in Tables 1 and 2.The results of electrophoresis of serum are presented in Table ...

Before the advent of insulin enlargement of the liver, which was presumably due to fat, commonly occurred in untreated diabetic animals 16–18 and in patients 20–22 whose diabetes was not ...

Rather than the liver itself driving poorer outcomes in COVID-19 patients, the organ is more likely "a bystander" affected by the hyperinflammation associated with COVID-19 and by the side effects ...

Researchers found that patients with COVID-19 presented with abnormal liver tests at much higher rates than suggested by earlier studies. They also discovered that higher levels of liver enzymes ...

People with certain liver issues may have abnormal results show up on their ultrasound scan. Doctors examine the findings and determine the next steps a person can take. Learn more here.

After an abnormal liver ultrasound, your doctor may want to order a variety of other tests to find out more about your liver. The tests they choose will depend on your specific ultrasound results.

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is an enzyme that circulates in the blood. Here, learn what an ALP test involves, how to prepare, and what the results could mean.

In metabolic abnormal fatty liver disease, it has been reported that a decrease in muscle strength or muscle mass increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, ...

In some people, this disease transitions to a more inflammatory condition called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, Fernández-Hernando explained, and this can lead to liver cancer. To study what might be ...