Please tell me how to decipher the abbreviations related to blood parameters, as follows: ALT, AST, GGT, ALP? And what are their values? Thanks in advance for your reply. Yours, Konstantin

Respond Stanislav Y. Karpov, hepatology, gastroenterology, hepatology and gastroenterology clinic Medal Increased AST and ALT levels reflect inflammation in the liver tissue. Increased T-GT and ALP indicates the presence of cholestasis (bile stasis). But this is not the stagnation of bile, which should be treated choleretic - no way! Different standards, depending on the units. Typically, this unit / l (0-40 AST, ALT - 0-40), T-HT 0-55, AP - 0-115 or 0-275), a similar question: "... my husband took a blood ALT 115 IU / L AST 59 IU / l ... one indicator of hepatitis C. ..