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ITS VALUE AS AN INDEX OF FUNCTION OF THE LIVER

MAURICE SULLIVAN, M.D.; JOHN A. B. FERSHTAND, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1935;55(5):834-841.

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Using the Rückert volumetric lipokrit method,¹ we have determined the total serum lipoids of a group of normal young men, a group of diabetic patients, and a group of patients with disease of the liver, first in the fasting state and then three, six and nine hours after a fat meal. This was done to determine whether or not we could obtain curves showing fat absorption which would be typical for each group and sufficiently characteristic in the cases of the normal subjects and patients with disease of the liver to aid in the appraisal of the function of the liver.

NORMAL ABSORPTION VALUES

The group of normal young men was comprised of forty-three medical students, ranging in age from 21 to 29, with an average age of 24.1. After a fast of fifteen hours, blood was taken by venipuncture. Immediately afterward, each student drank 100 Gm. (120 cc.) . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW ORLEANS

From the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University of Louisiana, and the Touro Infirmary.

Footnotes
Aided by a grant from the Harry Dennery Research Fund.

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