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1976
This chapter discusses the liver function tests. The liver is the largest organ in the body and from a metabolic standpoint is the most complex. Tests of its many functions have been devised in the hope that they will serve as diagnostic aids when a metabolic process has been disturbed.
F.J. Baker, R.E. Silverton
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This chapter discusses the liver function tests. The liver is the largest organ in the body and from a metabolic standpoint is the most complex. Tests of its many functions have been devised in the hope that they will serve as diagnostic aids when a metabolic process has been disturbed.
F.J. Baker, R.E. Silverton
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2018
The chapter on liver function tests covers the main liver function tests used in everyday practice when assessing liver dysfunction and gives an overview of their significance.
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The chapter on liver function tests covers the main liver function tests used in everyday practice when assessing liver dysfunction and gives an overview of their significance.
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Liver function test and pregnancy
The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2009The physiological changes in liver function in pregnancy are commonly transient, rarely permanent. Disorders arising in pregnancy, such as pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP), haemolysis, elevated liver enzyme and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome, cholestasis, hyperemesis gravidarum and isolated cases of raised liver ...
Pradumna Jamjute +3 more
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Clearance Tests of Liver Function
Medical Clinics of North America, 1979Measurement of the clearance of substances removed from the circulation primarily by the liver, which depends on the uptake, storage, and excretory capacity of the liver, provides the most sensitive, specific, and reliable test for hepatic function. Since serum enzymes and other tests of liver function do not permit detection of early phase injury or ...
David H. Brody, Larry Leichter
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The meaning of liver function tests
The American Journal of Medicine, 1954Abstract A few illustrations have been cited to indicate the complexities involved in the simplest conventional liver function tests. It is indeed surprising that in view of the multiple derangements found in most diseases of the liver these tests can be reliable or of any clinical value.
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Neglected liver function tests
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2016The paper ‘Evaluation of abnormal liver function tests’1 made several important points. However, there are other ‘liver function tests’ that do not receive the attention they deserve. We must not forget clinical values. Although the number of patients was small, an analysis of 80 patients (rightly or wrongly) admitted to a regional infectious diseases
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1979
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses various tests of function of liver. Apart from the hepatic parenchymal cells that carry out most of the liver functions, other types of cell line the biliary tract. The liver also contains cells of the reticulo-endothelial system.
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Publisher Summary This chapter discusses various tests of function of liver. Apart from the hepatic parenchymal cells that carry out most of the liver functions, other types of cell line the biliary tract. The liver also contains cells of the reticulo-endothelial system.
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INTERPRETATION OF LIVER FUNCTION TESTS
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1947Since a comprehensive discussion of liver function tests would require much more time than is available in this symposium, this article is limited to a presentation of the indications for doing the tests, of specific recommendations of the most satisfactory technics of certain principles and limitations in their interpretation and of references to the ...
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2017
Liver function tests are frequently performed in a wide range of clinical settings. Plasma liver function tests can be used to detect the presence of liver disease and dysfunction and to distinguish between different types of liver disorders as well as monitoring the extent of liver damage and responses to treatment.
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Liver function tests are frequently performed in a wide range of clinical settings. Plasma liver function tests can be used to detect the presence of liver disease and dysfunction and to distinguish between different types of liver disorders as well as monitoring the extent of liver damage and responses to treatment.
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Liver Function Tests and Their Interpretation
Gastroenterology, 1958Summary The theoretic basis and clinical usefulness of a number of liver function tests have been discussed. It is noteworthy that none of them measures the essential metabolic functions of the liver, such as deaminization of amino acids or the maintenance of blood sugar levels.
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