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A lesson from persistently elevated aspartate transaminases (AST) in a patient with severe haemophilia A
A Goringe1, A Al-Sabah1, H Dasani1
1The Arthur Bloom Haemophilia Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Prior to the availability of test for hepatitis 'C' in 1989, any elevated AST in a pooled blood product recipient was presumed to be from non-A-non-B hepatitis. We report a patient who received pooled factor VIII in 1984 and had persistently elevated AST which proved to be of nonhepatic origin.
Prior to the availability of test for hepatitis 'C' in 1989, any elevated AST in a pooled blood product recipient was presumed to be from non-A-non-B hepatitis. We report a patient who received pooled factor VIII in 1984 and had persistently elevated AST which proved to be of nonhepatic origin.
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