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Liver function tests in the aged (The serum cholesterol partition, bromsulphalein, cephalin-flocculation and oral and intravenous hippuric acid tests)

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    Various liver function tests were performed on normal individuals past sixty years of age.

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    In eighty-six per cent of these subjects, at least one of the tests showed evidence of liver dysfunction.

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    Abnormal results of liver function tests may be encountered in apparently healthy subjects above sixty years of age.

The authors express their appreciation to Dr. Samuel Seidenberg for his cooperation in this study.

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Rafsky, H.A., Newman, B. Liver function tests in the aged (The serum cholesterol partition, bromsulphalein, cephalin-flocculation and oral and intravenous hippuric acid tests). Jour. D. D. 10, 66–69 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996916

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