A NEW DYE FOR TEST OF LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT FUNCTION
- 25 October 1924
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 83 (17) , 1292-1296
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1924.02660170008003
Abstract
The selection of the best dye for the liver and biliary tract function1test is at present an important problem, as testified to by current medical literature. In 1923, Tada2found a great many dyes that were, for the most part eliminated from the liver; some of them come out in the bile in the same concentration as when injected. This fact can be applied for two clinical purposes: (1) for the liver and biliary tract function test, and (2) for therapeutic purposes to the typhoid bacillus carrier and some inflammatory biliary tract diseases. Disregarding the therapeutic application, we report in this paper the selection of a dye for use in the liver and biliary tract function test and the results of a physiologic study of the bile outflow obtained by the application of this new dye. DYES NOW USED FOR THE LIVER FUNCTION TEST The dyes forKeywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: