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Drawing Conclusions about Short-Term Variability in Liver Function Test Results
- Liu Hong, PhD;
- Kaichun Wu, PhD; and
- Daiming Fan, PhD
- From Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, S 710032 Shaanxi, China.
TO THE EDITOR:
As Lazo and colleagues (1) report, clinicians should be aware of the high intraindividual variability in common liver tests, and practice guidelines should explicitly recommend retesting asymptomatic individuals who have abnormal liver test results. Lazo and colleagues evaluate the association of intraindividual variability with alcohol consumption; hepatitis A, B, or C serologic status; recent infection; body …
