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Strongly positive reactions were also obtained in primary biliary cirrhosis and chlorpromazine jaundice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>One out of three cases of `cholestatic' hepatitis gave a weakly positive reaction and the test may be of value in the diagnosis of this condition and in the rare recurrent conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia in which it is also negative.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Eighty-four per cent of cases of portal cirrhosis were negative and the finding of a positive result in this condition may indicate the presence of a hepatoma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>No correlation could be found either in intra- or extrahepatic obstructive jaundice between the degree of flocculation present and the severity of the obstruction as judged by serum bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase levels.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/jcp.17.1.47","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,6,9]],"date-time":"2007-06-09T00:50:46Z","timestamp":1181350246000},"page":"47-51","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The value of Jirgl's flocculation test in the diagnosis of jaundice"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Joyce L.","family":"Bell","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roger","family":"Williams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1964,1,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"3","article-title":"features of extrahepatic obstruction. 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