Open AccessSERUM CHOLINESTERASE IN LIVER DISEASES
Author(s) -
M. P. Kuzminykh
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj83219
Subject(s) - cholinesterase , cirrhosis , chronic liver disease , medicine , liver disease , gastroenterology , disease , endocrinology
Among the numerous tests proposed to elucidate the functional state of the liver, attention is drawn to the determination of serum cholinesterase activity. B. S. Shklyar, I. Ya. Voloshin, R. M. Zaslavskaya found a decrease in cholinesterase activity in cirrhosis, liver dystrophies. O. A. Ponomareva studied the activity of serum cholinesterase in patients with acute and chronic forms of Botkin's disease and also found a decrease in its activity; the lowest cholinesterase level was observed in patients with a severe course of the disease.