CBC stands for “complete blood count”. AST is a completely separate test. AST and ALT are liver enzymes that are elevated when there is damage to the liver such as liver problems due to medications, alcohol, gall bladder problems. A low AST has no clnical signficance. Basically, you can ignore it.
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April 10, 2007 By
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I had a CBC and the AST was low what does this mean?
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Johns Hopkins University
