CLINICAL STUDIES ON THE XEROGELFIGURE (SPECIAL FIGURE OF DRIED SERUM)

REPORT 3. XEROGELFIGURE AS AN AID IN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEPATIC AND OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE

Abstract

1) Many of patients with hepatogenic jaundice showed negative xerogel-figure, while those with obstructive jaundice showed positive figure.
2) The xerogel-figure and serum mucoprotein were in parallel relation both in hepatogenic and obstructive jaundice. In differentiating these two form each other, the xerogel-figure can substitute for serum mucoprotein.