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Age-related changes in liver, gall bladder and pancreas

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2002

Hilary A Wynne
Hilary A Wynne
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK.
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Although a reduced liver size in elderly people has long been recognized from post-mortem studies, these studies do not allow the separation of true ‘age-related’ differences from the effects of premorbid illness, and death. An age-related effect was confirmed however by an in vivo study which measured liver size by ultrasound scanning of healthy individuals. This demonstrated a significant negative correlation between age and liver volume, with volumes being 28% lower in individuals above the age of 65 compared with those under 40 years of age.

Type
Biological gerontology
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 12 - 20
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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