Cause of liver injury | Laboratory tests |
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Alcoholic liver disease, NAFLD/NASH Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) | ALT, AST, GT, CDT, MCV, lipids, GHb-A1C, glucose tolerance, IgA, (blood PEth, plasma ethanol) |
Autoimmune liver diseases: AIH Autoimmune Hepatitis, PBC Primary Biliary Cholangitis, PSC Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis | IgG, IgA, IgM, antinuclear antibodies, smooth muscle antibodies, mitochondrial antibodies |
Viral liver diseases Viral Hepatitis | HBsAg, HCV antibodies, HAV-IgM antibodies, HEV antibodies, CMV nucleic acid, EBV nucleic acid |
Other rare diseases causing increased liver values, such as coeliac disease Coeliac Disease, haemochromatosis Haemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency | Anti-transglutaminase antibodies, ferritin, transferrin saturation, U-Cu, ceruloplasmin, alpha-1-antitrypsin |