Patients with low ALT levels are at increased risk for severe COVID-19

Patients with low ALT levels are at increased risk for severe COVID-19

IntroductionFrailty is a known risk factor for many diseases, including COVID-19. However, many frail patients are undiagnosed as the diagnosis can be cumbersome. Alanine transaminase (ALT) is found not only in the liver but also in the muscle tissue, and multiple studies show that frail sarcopenic...

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Main Authors: Dor Genzel, Lior H. Katz, Rifaat Safadi, Aliza Rozenberg, Yael Milgrom, Jeremy M. Jacobs, Asher Shafrir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
alanine transaminase
sarcopenia
COVID-19
mortality
frailty
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1231440/full

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