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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
Fasting serum bile acids were measured by gas-liquid chromatography in 64 patients with alcoholic liver disease and compared with histological features in their percutaneous liver biopsy specimens. Total bile acid concentrations were normal (less than 2 mug/ml) or minimally increased in 6 patients in whom fatty infiltration was the only hepatic lesion. In the remaining 58 patients with more severe histological lesions, levels were increased in 93%, whereas serum bilirubins were elevated in only 43%. Chenodeoxycholic acid was usually the predominant serum bile acid, regardless of the degree of necrosis or connective tissue change in the biopsy specimen. Only small amounts of the secondary bile acids, deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid, were detected. Levels of these secondary bile acids did not correlate with histological features.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9211
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
281-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Serum bile acids in alcoholic liver disease. Comparison with histological features of the disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article