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ACG Clinical Guideline: Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Chemistries

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The evaluation of hepatocellular injury includes testing for viral hepatitis A, B, and C, assessment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and alcoholic liver disease, screening for hereditary hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson’s disease, and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
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This article is published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2017-01-01. It has received 603 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Liver function tests & Liver biopsy.

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American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Primary Care and Endocrinology Clinical Settings: Co-Sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).

TL;DR: A task force of medical experts developed evidence-based guideline recommendations based on a review of clinical evidence, expertise, and informal consensus, according to established American Association of Clinical Endocrinology protocol for guideline development as discussed by the authors .
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Epidemiology, Presentation, and Diagnosis of Celiac Disease

TL;DR: If proven accurate and scalable, assays that detect gluten-HLA tetramer complexes might be used in diagnosis to be made in the context of a gluten-free diet, without intestinal biopsy.
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GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations

TL;DR: The advantages of the GRADE system are explored, which is increasingly being adopted by organisations worldwide and which is often praised for its high level of consistency.
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Prevalence of hepatic steatosis in an urban population in the United States: Impact of ethnicity

TL;DR: The prevalence of hepatic steatosis was greater in men than women among whites, but not in blacks or Hispanics, and significant ethnic and sex differences in the prevalence may have a profound impact on susceptibility to Steatosis‐related liver disease.
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Chronic hepatitis B: Update 2009

TL;DR: The 2009 update of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Practice Guidelines for Management of Chronic Hepatitis B is now posted online at www.aasld.org, and the recommendation for first-line oral antiviral medications has been changed to tenofovir or entecavir, and adefovir has been moved to second-line Oral antiviral medication.
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Transaminase activity in human blood

TL;DR: To determine if transaminase activity could be demonstrated in human serum and blood cellular elements and, if so, to study any variations in activity of this enzyme in the blood of normal and diseased man.
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