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Liver Function Test (LFT)
A liver panel looks at enzymes, pigments and proteins together. Different combinations can point the clinician toward liver cell injury, bile flow or protein production.
Price for this test on its ownAED 189Test price AED 89
Clinical authorDr Nirupama SabhapathySpecialist Clinical Pathology
- Sample
- Serum
- Laboratory turnaround
- 24 hours
- Collection
- Dubai
- Laboratory
- Intel Lab
Understanding the test
What does the Liver Function Test (LFT) measure?
Also called Complete Liver Panel
This panel is useful when following a known liver condition, investigating jaundice or checking the effect of a medicine. Each component addresses a different aspect of the question.
When it may be requested
An unexpected enzyme result
A full profile helps indicate whether other liver-related measurements have changed too.
Monitoring treatment
Some medicines require periodic clinical and laboratory review, with the interval set by the prescriber.
Inside this test
What the laboratory looks for
Panel components
- Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT)
- Bilirubin, Direct
- Protein, Total, Serum
- Bilirubin, Total
- Globulin
- Albumin
- Bilirubin, Indirect (Unconjugated)
- Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
- Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST/SGOT)
- Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT)
Before your sample
Prepare for collection
SpecimenSerum
Your checklist
This panel alone usually needs no fast. Tell the team about recent strenuous training, alcohol, new medicines and herbal supplements. Follow any separate fasting instruction for accompanying lipid or glucose tests.
A clinician takes a small sample of blood from a vein. The laboratory uses serum, the liquid separated from the blood after it clots.
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Understanding your result
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Result guideLiver Function Test (LFT)
Reading your result
A predominantly enzyme, bilirubin or protein change suggests different lines of enquiry. A panel can guide further testing but cannot by itself identify the cause of every abnormality.
What can affect it
- Even a normal panel cannot exclude every liver condition.
From sample to follow-up
Your testing journey
Laboratory testLiver Function Test (LFT)
- Specimen
- Serum
- Turnaround
- 24 hours
Open your laboratory report
Look for Liver Function Test (LFT) in your report. Use the sample type and collection time when comparing it with an earlier report.
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Discuss the next step
With your clinician, identify whether the main change lies in the enzymes, the bilirubin or the protein measurements before deciding on a next test.
Clinical expertise
Your laboratory team
Patient questions
Before you book
Does a liver panel identify the cause of a change?
It helps establish a pattern. Medicines, recent illness, symptoms and sometimes imaging or additional tests are needed to identify a cause.
Why is GGT raised when everything else looks fine?
GGT is sensitive but not specific: it responds to alcohol, to several medicines and to fatty liver, and it can be mildly raised without any serious problem. Its main use is as a companion to ALP, since a raised ALP with an ordinary GGT usually means the ALP is coming from bone rather than liver.
What does it mean when ALT and AST are up but ALP and GGT are not?
That combination is described as a hepatocellular pattern and points to irritation of the liver cells themselves, commonly from fatty liver, a viral infection, alcohol or a medicine. It steers the next steps towards viral testing, a medication review and an ultrasound rather than towards the bile ducts.
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Sources & further reading
Written by Dr Nirupama Sabhapathy, Specialist Clinical Pathology. Medically reviewed by Dr Joyce Jose, Specialist Clinical Pathology, on .
Catalogue information and AED price checked on 2 November 2026. Clinical suitability, preparation, collection arrangements and turnaround are confirmed for your selected test.