Prednisolone can be used in place of prednisone in equivalent doses. Follow–up recommendations: serum AST or ALT, total bilirubin and γ –globulin levels at 3–week intervals during ...

A sustained serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) abnormality of at least 10-fold normal or a serum AST level at least 5-fold normal in conjunction with a serum -globulin level at least twice ...