Abstract
Abstract. The inhibitory effect of ethanol on the galactose elimination as calculated from changes in the galactose elimination capacity and the galactose half‐time was examined in three normal individuals, four patients with cirrhosis and ten patients with steatosis, most of whom were alcoholics. The degree of ethanol inhibition did not differ in patients with cirrhosis from that in alcoholic patients with steatosis. According to these results the ethanol inhibition of the galactose elimination is not a specific diagnostic test for steatosis. The galactose elimination capacity during ethanol administration was of the same order of magnitude in the different groups of patients with liver diseases as well as in the normal individuals. The cause of this phenomenon and the reason why the inhibition of ethanol is smaller in liver disease remain to be elucidated.
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