Dale C, Denesyk KL, Chandok N

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A 34 year old woman, previously healthy and on no medications or supplements, presented with a 5 week history of fatigue and jaundice. She denied alcohol or illicit drug use. She had no encephalopathy or ascites, and transaminases were 8 times normal, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase 9 times normal, alkaline phosphatase 3 times normal, INR 1.7 (normal 0.9-1.1), MCV 97 fL (normal 80-98 fL) and bilirubin and conjugated bilirubin both above upper limit of detection (570 and 180 umol/L, respectively; normal 3.4-17.1 and ‹ 5.1 umol/L, respectively).

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