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Should i be concerned with a low ast/sgot?

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No: Reference ranges are set so that several percent of healthy folks fallow above and several more percent fall below.

Answered 10/22/2013

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A member asked:

Should i be concerned with a low ast/sgot?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

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