During the first 24 hours after partial hepatectomy, the liver remnant becomes fatty due particularly to the deposition of large amounts of neutral fat and to increases in the phospholipid and cholesterol fractions. On the second and third days there is an appreciably sharp decrease in the concentration of all the lipid constituents. After 7 days the lipid values are all slightly above the respective control values excepting the combined cholesterol which is decreased.
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Ludewig et al. (1939) studied this question.