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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DOI
10.12681/eadd/0495
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0495
ND
0495
Alternative title
ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ Β_2 ΜΙΚΡΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΝΗΣ (Β_2Μ) ΤΟΥ ΟΡΟΥ ΣΕ ΠΑΘΗΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΗΠΑΤΟΣ: ΣΥΣΧΕΤΙΣΗ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ α_1  ΕΜΒΡΥΙΚΗ ΠΡΩΤΕΙΝΗ (α_1ΕΠ) ΚΑΙ ΤΟ  ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟΕΜΒΡΥΙΚΟ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟ (CEA)
Author
Μπασιούκας, Πελοπίδας
Date
1986
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
ΚΑΡΒΟΥΝΤΖΗΣ ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣ
ΠΑΘΟΥΛΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΝΑ,
Discipline
Medical and Health Sciences
Clinical Medicine
Keywords
α_1 FETOPROTEIN; Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA); Liver; LIVER IMMUNITY; β_2 Microglobulin
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
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