title: [Significance and limits of serum transaminases in the diagnosis of viral hepatitis].
abstract: The Authors considering four cases of obstructive jaundice with hepatocellular onset, point out the possibility of errors and of misleading diagnostic views resulting from the excessive credit given to the increase of serum transaminases also in viral hepatitis diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000637:Transaminases / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000637:Transaminases; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase
vernacular_title: Significato e limiti della transaminasemia nella diagnosi di virus epatite.