Patients with alcoholic hepatitis almost always have liver markers levels less than 500 IU/L and often have a ratio AST/ALT of 2:1. Elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase supports the diagnosis.
THEORY:
1. ALT= Liver cytoplasmic enzyme (specific for liver cell necrosis). AST= mitochondrial enzyme
2. Decreased ALT activity most likely due to B6 depletion in the livers of alcoholics
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