LIVER FUNCTION IN RHEUMATOID (CHRONIC INFECTIOUS) ARTHRITIS
Authors: William B. Rawls, Samuel Weiss, Vera L. Collins
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 March 1939LIVER FUNCTION IN RHEUMATOID (CHRONIC INFECTIOUS) ARTHRITISWILLIAM B. RAWLS, M.D., F.A.C.P., SAMUEL WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P., VERA L. COLLINS, M.D.WILLIAM B. RAWLS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, VERA L. COLLINS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-9-1455 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn January 1937, we1 published a preliminary report on the study of liver function in rheumatoid arthritis. The paper included results of the Azorubin S liver function test in 100 patients. It was shown that 73 per cent of the severe cases revealed liver dysfunction as determined by this method. Aware that no single test gives an indication of all the functions of the liver, the above findings prompted continuation of this study, using other liver function tests for comparison. The results obtained in 50 unselected cases will be reported in this paper.Hippuric acid, bilirubin excretion (studies on 25...References1. RAWLSWEISSCOLLINS WBSVL: Liver function in rheumatoid (chronic infectious) arthritis; preliminary report, ANN. INT. MED., 1937, x, 1021. Google Scholar2. WHIPPLEPEIGHTALCLARK GHTCAH: Tests for hepatic function and disease under experimental conditions: phenoltetrachlorphthalein, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1913, xxiv, 343. Google Scholar3. KLEINLEVINSON RISA: Removal of bromsulphalein from the blood stream by the reticulo-endothelial system, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1933, xxxi, 179. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. QUICK AJ: Clinical value of the test for hippuric acid in cases of disease of the liver, Arch. Int. Med., 1936, lvii, 544. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. SNELLMAGATH AMTB: Tests for liver function, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cx, 167. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. EILBOT W: Funktionsprüfung der Leber mittels Bilirubinbelastung, Ztschr. f. klin. Med., 1927, cvi, 529. Google Scholar7. HARROPBARRON GAES: The excretion of intravenously injected bilirubin as a test of liver function, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1931, ix, 577. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SOFFERPAULSON LJM: Comparative advantages and further modification of the bilirubin excretion test for hepatic function, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1936, cxcii, 535. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. TUMENBOCKUS HHL: The clinical significance of serum proteins in hepatic diseases. Compared with other liver function tests, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciii, 788. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SOSKINMIRSKY SIA: The influence of progressive toxemic liver damage upon the dextrose tolerance curve, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1935, cxii, 649. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BANKSSPRAGUESNELL BMPHAM: Clinical evaluation of the galactose tolerance test, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, c, 1987. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. RAWLS WB: Discussion of Dr. Philip S. Hench's paper, The effect of jaundice on chronic infectious arthritis and on primary fibrositis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 1483. Google Scholar13. SNELL AM: The effects of chronic disease of the liver on the composition and physicochemical properties of blood: changes in the serum proteins; reduction in the oxygen saturation of the arterial blood, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, ix, 690. Google Scholar14. DAVIS JS: Protein studies in atrophic (rheumatoid) and hypertrophic arthritis, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1936, xxi, 478. Google Scholar15. LYONWIRTS BBCW: Abstract and discussion of liver function in rheumatoid (chronic infectious arthritis; preliminary report (see reference 1), Am. Jr. Digest. Dis. and Nutr., 1937, iv, 397. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Read in abstract by Dr. Weiss before the Congress on Hepatic Insufficiency, Vichy, France, September 16, 1937.From the Arthritis and Gastro-Enterological Clinics of the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byChronische PolyarthritisLiver Function Tests in Rheumatoid ArthritisLiver Function Tests in Rheumatoid ArthritisDie GichtAetiology and pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritisCHANGES IN THE LIVER DUE TO CHRONIC PASSIVE CONGESTIONA Comparative Study of the Colloidal Red Test in Liver Diseases with Special Reference to the Zinc Turbidity, Thymol Turbidity and Bromsulphalein TestsDie GichtThe Blood in ArthritisThe Advantages of Hepatic Injury and Jaundice in Certain Conditions, Notably the Rheumatic Diseases 1 March 1939Volume 12, Issue 9Page: 1455-1462KeywordsBilirubinExcretionGastroenterology and hepatologyHospitalsLiverLiver diseasesLiver function testsPatientsRheumatoid arthritis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...