THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEPATIC INSUFFICIENCY
- 31 August 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 31 (3), 405-423
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-3-405
Abstract
This is a review of a number of the clinical and laboratory features of hepatic insufficiency with emphasis on their relative importance in assaying prognosis and guiding treatment. The multiplicity of the functions of the liver is stressed and the need of a composite liver function study is discussed.Keywords
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