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The structural and functional status of the liver in tropical sprue

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Liver biopsy and function tests were performed on 8 patients with tropical sprue. Although mild hepatic siderosis and lipofuscin deposition were revealed in addition to some minimal abnormalities in liver function tests, no evidence of significant hepatic injury was found.

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  1. From the U. S. Army Tropical Research Medical Laboratory, The Rodriguez U. S. Army Hospital, USA

    M. H. Floch Capt., MC, USA, R. W. Thomassen Capt., VC, USA, R. Guerra M.D., R. S. Cox Jr. (Maj. MC, USA), T. W. Sheehy (Maj. MC, USA) & I. C. Plough Lt. Col., MC, USA

  2. the Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R.

    M. H. Floch Capt., MC, USA, R. W. Thomassen Capt., VC, USA, R. Guerra M.D., R. S. Cox Jr. (Maj. MC, USA), T. W. Sheehy (Maj. MC, USA) & I. C. Plough Lt. Col., MC, USA

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Floch, M.H., Thomassen, R.W., Guerra, R. et al. The structural and functional status of the liver in tropical sprue. Digest Dis Sci 8, 344–352 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02237708

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