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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Although a multitude of effective liver function tests are available for use in animals, a variety of modifications of currently used tests have been recently reported. In addition, newer procedures now used in human medicine may also provide unique insights into assessing and detecting acquired hepatic disorders in animals. Examples of new procedures are: assessing microsomal mixed function oxidase activity by plasma caffeine clearance; estimating the extent of active hepatic fibrogenesis through serum procollagen-III peptide levels; determining hepatic blood flow and functional mass by the galactose elimination capacity; detecting primary hepatocellular cancer through serum or urinary ligandin levels; and to estimate the liver's maximal capacity to excrete indocyanine green independent of blood flow. In evaluating drugs as to their hepatotoxicity, function tests should be included in the liver profile which measure specific metabolic alterations unique to the compound under study.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0165-7380
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
423-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
A review of new approaches to assessing hepatic function in animals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review