title: Intrahepatic and extrahepatic aminotransferase elevation associated with clinical-therapeutic events in a schizophrenic patient.
abstract: A schizophrenic patient showed rhabdomyolysis with idiopathic transaminitis. The intermixed pattern of intrahepatic and extrahepatic alanine aminotransferase (ALT) elevation is associated with respective clinical-therapeutic events. Aminotransferases play a role as surrogate biomarkers of "liver metabolic functioning" beyond the obsolete classical concept associating ALT elevation only with liver cellular damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry Minamihama Hospital Niigata Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry Minamihama Hospital Niigata Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
keywords: Alanine aminotransferase; aspartate aminotransferase; rhabdomyolysis; schizophrenia