LIVER FUNCTION IN HYPERTHYROIDISM AS DETERMINED BY THE HIPPURIC ACID TEST
Authors: Elmer C. Bartels
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 November 1938LIVER FUNCTION IN HYPERTHYROIDISM AS DETERMINED BY THE HIPPURIC ACID TESTELMER C. BARTELS, M.D., F.A.C.P.ELMER C. BARTELS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-5-652 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has long been accepted that the liver undergoes pathologic changes in hyperthyroidism. A clinical manifestation of this liver damage is the occasional presence of jaundice of the hepatic type. Cameron and Karunaratne1in a recent review of the subject (1935) gave Paul the credit for reporting the first case showing the association of liver injury with hyperthyroidism. He (Paul, 1865) described the case of a woman of 33 years with Graves' disease of four years' duration, who showed cirrhosis of the liver at postmortem examination. 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