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    AST is Aspartate transaminase. Like ALT it is an enzyme that is often used as an indicator when investigating liver health. If you scroll down the wiki below to “Clinical Significance” you will see it is less specific to the liver compared with ALT but still useful.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartate_transaminase


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