from these data and calculations based on the dual visceral origin of thoracic duct lymph from liver and intestine , intestinal transcapillary water flux in chronic extrahepatic portal hypertension ( portal venous pressure = 21.4 +/- 2 mm hg ; mean +/- sem ) , increased 5-fold ( 93 +/- 12 from 17 +/- 4 microliters/min/kg , p less than 0.001 ) , while intestinal total protein flux expressed as protein clearance ( intestinal transcapillary water flux x intestinal lymph/plasma total protein concentration ) was unchanged ( 13 +/- 3 from 10 +/- 2 microliters/min per kg ; p greater than 0.4 ) , a finding supported by unaltered whole body plasma albumin `` '' leak rate '' '' ( 83 +/- 16 from 80 +/- 2 microliters/min per kg ; p greater than 0.9 ) .
C0023884
liver
C0341439
chronic