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Glutamine estimation in CSF in liver disease

Its use as an assay of functional liver reserve before shunt operations

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Thanks are expressed to Drs. J. Heichman (Medical Department “A”) and A. Valero (Medical Department “D”) and their staffs for allowing us to investigate their patients as additional material for his paper. Thanks are also due Dr. Erlik (Surgical Department) and his staff, who performed the shunt operations and cooperated with us very actively. We wish also to thank Dr. N. Herz and Mr. A. Gross for their estimations of CSF glutamine levels.

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Brandstaetter, S., Barzilai, D. Glutamine estimation in CSF in liver disease. Digest Dis Sci 5, 945–960 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232863

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