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HERMAN BROWN, B.S.; SIGMUND S. GREENBAUM, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1926;14(4):434-438.

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A sensitive test of liver function is of prime importance to the syphilologist because of the well-known effects on the liver of the more commonly used antisyphilitic remedies. However, the varied functions of the liver preclude the possibility of a single test being generally applicable,¹ and a large number of tests have been devised² with different alleged functions of the liver as their basis. Two of the more promising of these tests, the phenoltetrachlorphthalein retention determination as proposed by Rosenthal³ and the van den Bergh⁴ blood bilirubin determination, have already been studied⁵ in order to evaluate their importance to the physician employing antisyphilitic therapy, and more particularly the arsenobenzenes.

The latest investigations of Elman and McMaster⁶ indicate that whenever bile pigment reaches the intestine, urobilin is formed, is absorbed into the portal circulation and, normally, is readily removed by the liver. The inability of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Research Institute of Cutaneous Medicine.

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