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Abstract
A nineteen year old female underwent 85 to 90 per cent partial hepatectomy to treat
a minimal deviation hepatoma. Observations afterwards suggested that the limit of
resection compatible with survival had been reached. She recovered perfect health
after many months, although liver regeneration was not complete. Severe but eventually
reversible alopecia and ascites developed postoperatively, undoubtedly as a complication
of the massive hepatic resection.
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☆This work was supported by the Veterans Administration Hospital, Denver, Colorado; by grants Ai-AM-08898 and AM-07772 from the National Institutes of Health; and by grants RR-00051 and RR-00069 from the General Clinical Research Centers Program of the Division of Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.
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