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Dear sirs, my ast, alt, bilurmin levels are normal my ggt is 102, iam taking pantoprozole for past 15 years for gerd and hiatal hernia is this a culprit.

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Dr. Joel Gallant answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Why GGT?: The GGT is not a standard lab test, and probably shouldn't be ordered except in the case of unexplained elevations in alkaline phosphatase. I would ignore it.

Answered 1/12/2015

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A member asked:

Dear sirs, my ast, alt, bilurmin levels are normal my ggt is 102, iam taking pantoprozole for past 15 years for gerd and hiatal hernia is this a culprit.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Joel Gallant answered

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