OCCURRENCE OF ACCUMULATION OF FAT IN THE LIVER AND ITS RELATION TO EXCESS WEIGHT GAIN IN PATIENTS CONVALESCING FROM VIRAL HEPATITIS
Authors: A R COLWELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 November 1954OCCURRENCE OF ACCUMULATION OF FAT IN THE LIVER AND ITS RELATION TO EXCESS WEIGHT GAIN IN PATIENTS CONVALESCING FROM VIRAL HEPATITISARTHUR R. COLWELL JR., M.D.ARTHUR R. COLWELL JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-5-963 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn former biopsy and autopsy studies of the liver in cases of infectious hepatitis, only brief reference to the appearance of fat has been made. The purpose of the present paper is to report the occurrence of this complication in approximately one-half of 144 patients with the disease, from whom a total of 199 liver biopsies were taken. Liver fat was noted mainly in those patients who gained appreciably in body weight during their period of convalescence. 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CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication January 5, 1954.From the U. S. Army Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. (Present address: V.A. Research Hospital, 333 E. Huron St., Chicago 11, Ill.)†Normocytin, Lederle. 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