1979•Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyRequires access
The serum protein pattern in primary hepatoma and amoebic liver abscess
P Migasena, Pimathorn Juttijudata, Supranee Changbumrung, Frank Peter Schelp, P Juttijudata
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Abstract
A study of the serum proteins pattern of 30 patients with primary liver cell carcinoma and 11 with amoebic liver abscess was carried out. When compared with controls significant differences were found for both conditions in the values of pre-albumin, transferrin, albumin, haptoglobin, alpha 2-macroglobulin, and alpha 2HS-glycoprotein. In the differential diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess and primary hepatic carcinoma, the estimation of albumin, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, haptoglobin ceruloplasmin, alpha 2H2-glycoprotein and transferrin was found helpful.