Morphological classification of liver cirrhosis based upon measurement of per cent of interstitial tissue in liver biopsy specimens.

groups, i.e., the group with less than 30 per cent of interstitial tissue and the group with 30 per cent or more of interstitial tissue. Edema, liver enlargement, abnormalities in thymol flocculation test, in cephalin cholesterol flocculation test, and in serum r-globulin concentration, and deformity of the hepatic veins in hepatic venograms were all significantly more frequently observed in the group with 30 per cent or more of interstitial tissue than in the