1. As with alcohol, liver enzymes are Marshaled to attack the molecules and disable them as quickly as possible. 2. In newborns, especially premature infants, this liver enzyme system is not fully developed or functional. 3. In some cases, experts note, the SSRIs can also affect liver enzymes that inhibit the metabolism of other drugs. 4. Interestingly, it is apparently not the nicotine in cigarette smoke that induces liver enzymes to work more efficiently. 5. Women who nurse their infants need to be careful as well because babies lack the liver enzymes needed to break down caffeine. 6. At recent review two years after the onset of jaundice she remains well with a normal bilirubin concentration and slightly raised liver enzyme activities. 7. The diagnosis of PSC was established by standard criteria -- that is, by persistently abnormal liver enzyme activities, liver histology, and ERCP changes. |
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