Ratio of Urinary 6β-Hydroxycortisol to 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids in Patients with Liver Disease

Autor: A. Maddison, P.J. Leonard, O.E. Eade, R. Wright
Rok vydání: 1977
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Zdroj: Digestion. 16:169-174
ISSN: 1421-9867
0012-2823
Popis: The ratio of 6beta-hydroxycortisol to 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the urine of 73 patients with liver disease, and 53 controls has been measured. The mean ratio was significantly greater in the liver disease group (p less than 0.001), this elevation being most marked among patients with liver metastases and patients with acute hepatitis. We feel that the use of the ratio as a test of early liver cell dysfunction requires further evaluation, in particular in the early recognition of metastatic liver disease.
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