The alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test is typically used to detect liver injury. It is often ordered in conjunction with aspartate aminotransferase (AST) as part of a liver panel or comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) to screen for and/or help diagnose liver disease.
25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis. Bill Clinton. President Clinton's tenure was characterized by economic prosperity and financial deregulation, which in many ways set the stage for the excesses of recent years. Among his biggest strokes of free-wheeling capitalism was the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, a cornerstone of Depression-era regulation.
a primary cause of the economic decline that began in the 1970s was. a decline in worker productivity. the severe inflation of the 1970's was largely caused by. lyndon johnson's effort to maintain the vietnam war and the great society programs without raising taxes. president nixon's vietnamization policy provided that. the united states would gradually withdraw ground troops while supporting the south vietnamese war effort.