Protein content of liver lymph in patients with portal hypertension secondary to hepatic cirrhosis.

  • 1 December 1975
    • journal article
    • Vol. 8  (4) , 111-3
Abstract
Protein content of liver lymph was measured in 14 patients with portal hypertension secondary to advanced hepatic cirrhosis. An abnormally low concentration was found in each patient, averaging 52% of plasma levels. This finding reflects a decreased sinusoidal permeability to protein, the possible effect of "capillarization of the sinusoid" and may bear on development of portal congestion.

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