Lowering the upper limit of serum alanine aminotransferase levels may reveal significant liver disease in the elderly

Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss; Rachel Gingold-Belfer; Alon Grossman; Nidal Issa; Doron Boltin; Yichayaou Beloosesky; Nira Morag Koren; Joseph Meyerovitch; Avraham Weiss

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212737

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Lowering the upper limit of serum alanine aminotransferase levels may reveal significant liver disease in the elderly

Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss ,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: hemdaw@clalit.org.il

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Hasharon Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-0548

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Rachel Gingold-Belfer,

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Surgery B, Rabin Medical Center, Hasharon Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Alon Grossman,

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Nidal Issa,

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Doron Boltin,

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Surgery B, Rabin Medical Center, Hasharon Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Yichayaou Beloosesky,

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Nira Morag Koren,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Joseph Meyerovitch,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Community Division, Clalit Health Services, Dan-Petach Tikva District, Petach Tikva Israel
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Avraham Weiss

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Lowering the upper limit of serum alanine aminotransferase levels may reveal significant liver disease in the elderly

Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss,
Rachel Gingold-Belfer,
Alon Grossman,
Nidal Issa,
Doron Boltin,
Yichayaou Beloosesky,
Nira Morag Koren,
Joseph Meyerovitch,
Avraham Weiss

Published: April 11, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212737

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