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Bergmann-Eilbott test

Alternative eponyms

von Bergmann's test
Bergmann's bilirubin tolerance test
Bergmann-Eilbott bilirubin tolerance test

Related people

Bilirubin excretion test of liver function.

Description

Bilirubin excretion test of liver function.

Bibliography

W.. Eilbott:
Eine neue Funktionsprüfung der Leber durch Bestimmung der Verweildauer intravenös injizierten Bilirubins in der Blutbahn.
Diss med University of Frankfurt am Main; December 1925.
G. von Bergmann, W. Eilbott:
Funktionsprüfung der Leber mittels Bilirubinbelastung.
Zeitschrift für klinische Medizin, Berlin, 1927, 106: 520-560.
G. von Bergmann:
Zur funktionellen Pathologie der Leber insbesondere der Alkohol-Ätiologie der Cirrhose.
Klinische Wochenschrift, Berlin, 1927, 6: 776-780.

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