Fascicolo monotematico "Le Ipertransaminasemie"
Claudio Veropalumbo (1), Giuseppe Orso (2), Roberta D’Aniello (3), Maria SanGermano (3), Pietro Vajro (3)
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche traslazionali, Sezione di Pediatria, Università di Napoli Federico II 2AORN “Santobono-Pausilipon” di Napoli3Cattedra di Pediatria, dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Salerno
Hypertransaminasemia is considered a marker of liver disease. However, aminotransferases are present also in tissues different from liver. dosing serum creatinkinase and accurate physical examination are necessary to obtain a possible diagnosis of muscular disease. in case of prolonged increase of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) only, possible diagnosis of “macro-AST” should be taken into account.