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Alanine transaminase
| Item | Value | ||||||||||
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| Approval req'd? | No | ||||||||||
| Available Stat? | Yes | ||||||||||
| Test code | ALT | ||||||||||
| Performed by | Parnassus & Mt. Zion Chemistry | ||||||||||
| In House Availability | Test available 24 hours per day 7 days per week | ||||||||||
| Method | Spectrophotometric, kinetic (non-activated alpha-ketoglutarate/NADH) | ||||||||||
| Container type | Gold top or Light Green top | ||||||||||
| Amount to Collect | 1 mL blood Click here for Microdetermination info | ||||||||||
| Sample type | Serum or plasma | ||||||||||
| Preferred volume | 0.5 mL serum or plasma | ||||||||||
| Min. Volume | 0.2 mL serum or plasma Click here for Microdetermination info | ||||||||||
| Units | U/L | ||||||||||
| Normal range | Male
Female:
Note: 1. Normal range for children 0 to <18 years adapted from "Pediatric Reference Intervals", 6th edition, AACC Press, 2007, method 4. 2. Normal range for adults was determined by testing 269 male and female healthy blood donors at UCSF. |
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| Synonyms | SGPT; ALT; glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; glutamic-alanine transaminase; GPT; β-alanine aminotransferase; alanine aminotransferase; alanine-α-ketoglutarate aminotransferase; alanine-pyruvate aminotransferase; ALT; glutamic acid-pyruvic acid transaminase; glutamic-pyruvic aminotransferase; L-alanine aminotransferase; L-alanine transaminase; L-alanine-α-ketoglutarate aminotransferase; pyruvate transaminase; pyruvate-alanine aminotransferase; pyruvate-glutamate transaminase | ||||||||||
| Stability | Room temperature 8 hours, refrigerated 2 days, frozen at -20C 1 week | ||||||||||
| Turn around times | STAT 1 hour, Routine 4 hours | ||||||||||
| Additional information | Excessive hemolysis causes mild elevation. | ||||||||||
| CPT coding | 84460 | ||||||||||
| LOINC code | 1742-6 | ||||||||||
| Last Updated | 2/17/2012 9:57:19 AM | ||||||||||
| Entry Number | 230 | ||||||||||
| Lab Procedure Link | Click here for Procedure |
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