Liver Function Test Abnormalities in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Hospital-based Survey

Maria Cappello, Claudia Randazzo, Ivana Bravatà, Anna Licata, Sergio Peralta, Piero Luigi Almasio

Clinical Medicine Insights Gastroenterology · 2014 · 52 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

The prevalence of LFT abnormalities is relatively high in IBD patients, but the development of severe liver injury is exceptional. Moreover, most alterations of LFTs are mild and spontaneously return to normal values. Drug-induced hepatotoxicity and fatty liver are the most relevant causes of abnormal LFTs in patients with IBD.

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