Laboratory indicators of acute liver disease are serum bilirubin levels that are ______, serum AST that is ______, and serum ALT that is ______.

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Laboratory indicators of acute liver disease are (1) a rise in serum bilirubin (unconjugated) to approximately 2.5 mg/dL or above due to loss of metabolic ability and (2) an elevation of the serum transaminases AST and ALT, observed during the late incubation phase and peaks in the early icteric phase.The peak values of AST and ALT are more than 8 times the upper limits of their reference intervals, and the AST/ALT ratio is usually less than 1.

Laboratory Indicators of Acute Liver Disease Are Serum Bilirubin Levels