| Literature DB >> 14276157 |
D N BARON, J L BELL, W N DUNNET.
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Eighty cases of infectious mononucleosis have been investigated by serum enzyme studies and other liver function tests. Maximum abnormalities occurred between the second and fourth weeks of illness and all tests were usually normal by the sixth week. Serum isocitric dehydrogenase activity was increased in 93% of cases and serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase in 74%. Conventional liver function tests were less sensitive. Serum bilirubin was above normal in 40% of cases; in 17% of cases the increase was sufficient to show as clinical jaundice. No patient has developed chronic hepatitis.Entities:
Keywords: ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME TESTS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS
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Year: 1965 PMID: 14276157 PMCID: PMC472868 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.18.2.209
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411