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Isolated Aspartate Aminotransferase Elevation: Think Macro-AST

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Always Bldg. M211, Stanford, CA, 94305-5187, USA

    Maximilian Lee

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hepatology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Pietro Vajro

  3. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 750 Welch Rd., Suite 210, Palo Alto, CA, 94304-1509, USA

    Emmet B. Keeffe

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Lee, M., Vajro, P. & Keeffe, E.B. Isolated Aspartate Aminotransferase Elevation: Think Macro-AST. Dig Dis Sci 56, 311–313 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-011-1575-4

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