Clinical Aspects of Portal Cirrhosis
Authors: Albert M. Snell
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 September 1931Clinical Aspects of Portal CirrhosisALBERT M. SNELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALBERT M. SNELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-3-338 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptStudies on the experimental pathology of the liver have thrown light on many obscure clinical features of portal cirrhosis, and have shown the significance of certain points concerning the genesis and course of the disease which are not generally appreciated. The fact that ascites can be produced only occasionally in animals, and then only with difficulty, and after much injury has been done to the liver, suggests that in man the clinical syndrome of portal cirrhosis with ascites must represent the terminal stage of a longlasting disease. 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