A CRITICAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF TESTS FOR LIVER FUNCTION
Authors: W. Bernard Yegge
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 February 1935A CRITICAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF TESTS FOR LIVER FUNCTIONW. BERNARD YEGGE, M.D., F.A.C.P.W. BERNARD YEGGE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-8-907 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe functions of the liver have been shown by Mann1 and his co-workers to vary more or less independently of one another, and disturbances or cessation of one function may be coincident with normality in the other. Therefore, it is necessary to have an understanding of the various functions of the liver before a clear conception of the different tests for liver function can be discussed.In order fully to understand the various functions of the liver certain anatomical, physiological and chemical aspects of this organ must be considered.It is a well known fact2that the liver has great...References1. MANNMAGATH FCTB: Effect of removal of liver on blood sugar level, Arch. Int. Med., 1922, xxx, 73-84. MANN, F. C., and MAGATH, T. B.: Effect of administration of glucose in condition following extirpation of liver, Arch. Int. Med., 1922, xxx, 171-181. MANN, F. C., and MAGATH, T. B.: Effect of total removal of liver after pancreatectomy on blood sugar level, Arch. Int. Med., 1923, xxxi, 797-806. BOLLMAN, J. L., MANN, F. C., and SHEARD, G. H.: Physiology of liver; extrahepatic formation of bilirubin, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1925, lxxiv, 49-60. BOLLMAN, F. C., and others: Site of formation of bilirubin, Am. 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