Serum Bile Acids in Patients with Viral Hepatitis
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 13 (1), 77-80
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365527809179809
Abstract
Total and individual serum bile acid concentrations were studied in 18 patients with viral hepatitis. The initial high values returned to the normal range at approximately the same time as the conventional liver function tests. Chenodeoxycholic acid was the predominant bile acid initially, but cholic acid predominated as the disease resolved. All patients had proportionately less deoxycholic acid than controls. It is concluded that the measurement of serum bile acid does not provide added information of value in the management of patients with viral hepatits.Keywords
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