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The differential value of bromsulfalein retention tests in acute hepatitis and obstructive jaundice

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The results of bromsulfalein retention tests in 75 patients at the height of acute hepatitis and 26 patients with extrahepatic obstructive jaundice show a significantly higher level of retention in the patients with acute infectious hepatitis, with good differentiation between the two groups. It is our opinion that the bromsulfalein retention test is a worthwhile determination in these groups of jaundiced patients. The test caused untoward reactions in none of the patients.

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  1. From the Department of Gastroenterology, Ochsner Clinic, USA

    Jerome S. Reich M.D. & William D. Davis Jr. M.D.

  2. The Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La

    Jerome S. Reich M.D. & William D. Davis Jr. M.D.

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Reich, J.S., Davis, W.D. The differential value of bromsulfalein retention tests in acute hepatitis and obstructive jaundice. Digest Dis Sci 5, 770–775 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231452

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