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Which levels of what blood test prove someone has a fatty liver?
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Liver enzymes: Sgot and SGPT re liver enzymes that are very sensitive to inflammation of the liver cells or hepatocytes.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Not blood tests: Ct and/or MRI may suggest fatty liver, confirmation would need a liver biopsy. Blood tests cannot diagnose fatty liver, though blood tests may point to a risk for fatty liver.
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