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. 1976 Jun 26;1(6025):1568–1569. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6025.1568

Study of reticuloendothelial phagocytic capacity in patients with cholestasis.

G Drivas, O James, N Wardle
PMCID: PMC1640518  PMID: 1276771

Abstract

The phagocytic capacity of the reticuloendothelial system was studied by the clearance from the plasma of microaggregated iodinated human serum albumin. About half of the patients with cholestasis showed impaired Kupffer-cell phagocytosis. The finding may be relevant to the occurrence of surgical complications in patients with obstructive jaundice.

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