Year 2024 / Volume 116 / Number 3
Letter
Macro-AST as a cause of hypertransaminasemia: an uncommon entity but it exists

166-167

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9628/2023

Miriam Celada-Sendino, Alejandra Fernández-Fernández, Manuel Rodríguez,

Abstract
Macroenzymes are complexes formed by the binding of enzyme molecules to each other or to other plasma components. We report the clinical case of a woman with abnormal liver enzymes secondary to macro-AST. Macro-AST should be considered in the differential diagnosis as a cause of isolated AST elevation, thus avoiding unnecessary additional tests.
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Publication history

Received: 28/03/2023

Accepted: 30/03/2023

Online First: 19/04/2023

Published: 04/03/2024

Article Online First time: 22 days

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