SERUM CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN THE NORMAL INDIVIDUAL AND IN PEOPLE WITH LIVER DISEASE
Authors: K KAUFMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 September 1954SERUM CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN THE NORMAL INDIVIDUAL AND IN PEOPLE WITH LIVER DISEASEKIESL KAUFMAN, M.D.KIESL KAUFMAN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-533 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the serum cholinesterase activity as a test of liver function. Previous investigators, using various technical procedures, reported a wide range of normal values. They indicated, however, that the test had considerable merit, since it appeared to be a direct test of liver function which did not depend on any abnormality of the protein fractions.SERUM COLINESTERASE IN HEALTH AND DISEASEBrauer and Root1and Ellis, Sanders, Shirley and Bodansky2showed that when rat livers were damaged by carbon tetrachloride the serum cholinesterase was lowered. 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