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. 1955 Nov 30;102(6):699–704. doi: 10.1084/jem.102.6.699

GLUTAMIC-OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE ACTIVITY OF SERUM IN MICE WITH VIRAL HEPATITIS

Charlotte Friend 1, Felix Wróblewski 1, John S La Due 1
PMCID: PMC2136542  PMID: 13271682

Abstract

Experimental infectious mouse hepatitis is associated with an increase in glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase activity of the serum (SGO-T). A relationship appears to exist between the rise in SGO-T activity and (a) the size of the virus inoculum, (b) the blood virus titer, and (c) the degree of liver necrosis. Trauma to the liver following partial hepatectomy results in a rise in SGO-T activity in mice. Although mouse hepatitis differs from human hepatitis in the incubation period, histological changes, and natural course, both infections bring about comparable changes in SGO-T activity.

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