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Liver Function

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The liver is designed to maintain the body’s chemical and metabolic homeostasis. It plays a major role in protein, carbohydrate, lipid, bile acid, and iron metabolism, and the body’s immune defense. About 90% of the body’s nutrients pass through the liver from the intestines. The liver is also responsible for the synthesis of many plasma proteins with different functions, and acts as a filter to remove harmful substances from the blood. Finally, it performs important endocrine functions. Knowledge of the relationship between structure and function of the liver under normal conditions is essential for understanding derangements observed in clinical diseases affecting the liver.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia

    Lucija Virović-Jukić & Mario Živković

  2. University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

    Lucija Virović-Jukić

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  1. Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

    Marko Duvnjak

  2. Merkur University Hospital, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

    Lea Smirčić-Duvnjak

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Virović-Jukić, L., Živković, M. (2018). Liver Function. In: Duvnjak, M., Smirčić-Duvnjak, L. (eds) Gastrointestinal Complications of Diabetes . Clinical Gastroenterology. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75856-5_20

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