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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 531-532, 2000
© 2000 Medical Council on Alcoholism

Letters to the Editors

THE VOLUME OF THE LIVER IN PATIENTS CORRELATES TO BODY WEIGHT AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

V. Andersen*, J. Sonne1, S. Sletting2 and A. Prip2

Department of Internal Medicine F, Herlev Hospital
1 Clinical Pharmacological Unit, Gentofte Hospital
2 Department of Radiology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Received 1 December 1999; first review notified 17 April 2000; accepted 4 May 2000

The measurement of liver volume has gained practical use in relation to liver transplantation (Kawasaki et al., 1993Go). Liver volume may also relate to the many metabolic processes in which the liver is engaged (Homeida et al., 1979Go; Marchesini et al., 1988Go; Murry et al., 1995Go; Reichel et al., 1997Go; Kwo et al., 1998Go; Andersen et al., 1999Go). The present study was undertaken to measure liver . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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