Chronic mild-to-moderate elevation in ALT AST

(<15× ULN)

  • Viral hepatitis: ✓ HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc, anti-HCV, IgM anti-HAV

  • NAFLD: consider BMI, ✓ lipid panel, HbA1c, liver U/S or elastography

  • Other etiologies of cirrhosis (qv)

Hemochromatosis: ✓ TIBC, serum iron, serum ferritin

Wilson disease: serum ceruloplasmin, urine Cu

α-1 antitrypsin (can cause liver disease w/o lung involvement)

  • Chronic autoimmune hepatitis ✓ ANA, ASMA, anti-LKMA, IgG, SPEP

  • TSH (both hypo & hyperthyroidism associated with abnormal LFTs), celiac disease

  • If workup negative, consider biopsy