STUDY OF SERUM B_2 MICROGLOBULIN (B_2M) IN LIVER DISEASES AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH α_1 FETOPROTEIN (α_1FP) AND CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN (CEA)
Abstract
SERUM B_2 MICROGLOBULIN (B_2M) WAS MEASURED BY RIA TECHNIQUE IN TECHNIQUE IN 78 PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES INCLUDING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (HCC) AND COMPARED TO 15 NORMAL CONTROLS. INCREASED VALUES (> 2.5 MG/L) WERE FOUND IN 9/11 PATIENTS WITH ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS (RANG: 0.74 - 19.2, X 7.75 MG/L, P < 0.01), 10//11 WITH CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS (1.5 - 16.4, X: 6.64 MG/L, P < 0,005), NONE WITH CHRONIC PERSISTENT HEPATITIS AND 13/20 WITH HCC (1.8 -14.8, X: 4.55 MG/L, P < 0.001). SERUM B2M SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONONLY WITH SERUM A1 FETOPROTEIN IN PATIENTS WITH HCC AND WITH SGOT, SGPT IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS (P < 0,001). SERUM B_2M VALUES WERE NOT CORRELATED WITH CARANOEBUBRYONIC ANTIGEN, BILIRUBIN, SERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATE, ΓGT AND IMMUNOGLOBULINS IN ALL DIAGNOSTIC GROUPS. THE PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMS OF SERUM B_2M ELEVATION AND ITS CLINICAL APPLICATIONS WERE DISCUSSED.
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