METABOLIC STUDIES IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. II. HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION
Authors: Jules C. Abels, Paul E. Rekers, George E. Binkley, George T. Pack, C. P. Rhoads
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 February 1942METABOLIC STUDIES IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. II. HEPATIC DYSFUNCTIONJULES C. ABELS, M.D., PAUL E. REKERS, M.D., GEORGE E. BINKLEY, M.D., GEORGE T. PACK, M.D., C. P. RHOADS, M.D., F.A.C.P.JULES C. ABELS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL E. REKERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE E. BINKLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE T. PACK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, C. P. RHOADS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-2-221 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a previous communication1it was demonstrated that about 85 per cent of patients with cancer of the gastrointestinal tract had abnormally low plasma levels of vitamin A. In the majority of these patients the levels were considered to be due to an inability of the livers of the patients to store the vitamin or to distribute it properly. It thus became desirable to study in greater detail the hepatic function of patients having cancer of the gastrointestinal tract; to correlate, if possible, the existence of hepatic dysfunction with the presence of the cancer; and finally, to note what relation...Bibliography1. ABELSGORHAMPACKRHOADS JCATGTCP: Metabolic studies in patients with cancer of the gastro-intestinal tract. I. Plasma vitamin A levels in patients with malignant neoplastic disease, particularly of the gastro-intestinal tract, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1941, xx, 749-764. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. MILLERWHIPPLE LLGH: Chloroform liver injury increases as protein stores decrease: studies in nitrogen metabolism in these dogs, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1940, cxcix, 204-216. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. 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