[Value of laboratory diagnosis of liver function from the insurance medicine viewpoint].
After a brief passage on the reliability and special features of the most important liver values, this paper deals with the diseases of the liver most frequent in everyday rating practice from the angle of specific laboratory patterns and enzyme processes, putting emphasis on prognostic aspects. Special mention is made of the most recent diagnostic findings in the field of virus hepatitis. Furthermore, the influence of alcohol on the liver values is explained in detail. In a résumé, GPT, Gamma-GT and cholinesterase are regarded as sufficient for classifying almost 98% of all diseases of the liver, the limited significance of liver values as "functional parameters" being stressed, however.
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Bereich Versicherungsmedizin der Müncher Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft.
D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007352:Insurance, Life; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008111:Liver Function Tests
Wertigkeit der Labordiagnostik der Leber aus versicherungsmedizinischer Sicht.