Serum aspartate and alanine aminotransferase in filariasis.
Serum aspartate aminotransferase level in filarial patients was estimated. The level was compared against the level of the same enzyme in non-filarial patients. Similarly estimated and compared was the level of serum alanine aminotransferase in the same groups of subjects. It was found that there was a mild but significant elevation of aspartate aminotransferase level above the normal level, in filarial patients in Nigeria. However, no concomitant elevation of alanine aminotransferase level was observed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology
D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase