The Kidney in Liver Disease, 2nd ed. Edited by Murray Epstein. New York: Elsevier Biomedical, 1983. $75.00.
Solomon Papper – 1 January 1983
The Measurement of Liver Blood Flow Using Clearance Techniques
Roberto J. Groszmann – 1 January 1983
Cimetidine Kinetics and Dynamics in Patients with Severe Liver Disease
Jean‐Pierre Villeneuve, Hélène Fortunet‐Fouin, Dominique Arsène – 1 January 1983 – Following cimetidine administration, 60% of the dose is excreted as unchanged drug in the urine, and 40% is eliminated by metabolism. We evaluated the effect of liver disease on cimetidine disposition by comparing its kinetics in 7 healthy subjects and 8 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.
Notices
1 January 1983
Hepatic Binding Protein: The Galactose‐Specific Receptor of Mammalian Hepatocytes
Richard J. Stockert, Anatol G. Morell – 1 January 1983
The Delta Agent
Mario Rizzetto – 1 January 1983
Cytoplasmic Tubular Structures in Liver of HBsAg Carrier Chimpanzees Infected with Delta Agent and Comparison with Cytoplasmic Structures in Non‐A, Non‐B Hepatitis
Tomoteru Kamimura, Antonio Ponzetto, Ferruccio Bonino, Stephen M. Feinstone, John L. Gerin, Robert H. Purcell – 1 January 1983 – Electron microscopic observations were carried out on five HBsAg carrier chimpanzees infected with delta (δ) agent and two chimpanzees infected with human non‐A, non‐B hepatitis. The cytoplasmic tubular structures, which have been recognized in the liver of chimpanzees infected with human non‐A, non‐B hepatitis, were found also in the liver of HBsAg carrier chimpanzees infected with 5 agent.
Ethanol, Thyroid Hormones and Acute Liver Injury: Is There a Relationship?
Andrew Szilagyi, Sam Lerman, Robert H. Resnick – 1 January 1983
The Role of the Urea Cycle and Polyamines in Albumin Synthesis
Murray Oratz, Marcus A. Rothschild, Sidney S. Schreiber, Alvin Burks, Joseph Mongelli, Barbara Matarese – 1 January 1983 – Albumin synthesis is stimulated by those amino acids which increase urea synthesis and membrane bound polysome aggregation. Ornithine, an amino acid not incorporated into protein and produced from arginine in the urea cycle, is an albumin‐stimulating amino acid and is the precursor of the polyamines, and we have shown that the polyamine spermine promotes bound polysome aggregation.
Value of Screening for Markers of Hepatitis in Dialysis Units
Athol J. Ware, Nancy L. Gorder, Lawrence E. Gurian, Clark Douglas, James W. Shorey, Thomas Parker – 1 January 1983 – The value of monitoring the serum activity of SGOT, as well as markers of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis A virus infections, in the patients and staff of two dialysis units has been assessed retrospectively. Sera were checked each month for SGOT and HBsAg on 406 patients and 170 staff members over a 4‐year period. Anti‐HBc, anti‐HBs, and anti‐hepatitis A antibodies were assayed on the stored sera.