TABLE 1. TESTS FOR LIVER DISEASE
Alcohol-related liver disease History/liver-function tests
Auto-immune hepatitis Tests for autoantibodies such as anti-nuclear antibody and anti-smooth muscle antibody
Haemochromatosis HFE gene analysis
Hepatitis A Antibody test
Hepatitis B Antibody, antigen tests/hepatitis B DNA
Hepatitis C Antibody test/hepatitis C ribonucleic acid
Fatty liver disease, non-alcohol History/liver-function tests, body mass index/
Related fatty liver disease, NASH Ultrasound scan, liver biopsy
Primary biliary cirrhosis Anti-mitochondrial antibody
Primary sclerosing cholangitis Biopsy/bile-duct imaging (endoscopy)
Wilson’s disease Genetic analysis/copper studies, eye examination
HFE = haemochromatosis, NASH = non-alcohol related steatohepatitis. Source: British Liver Trust (2007)