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Liver

Liver
The liver serves a wide variety of body functions, including detoxifying blood, making proteins, and producing bile that aids in digestion.
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Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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