## BACKGROUND. Des-โฅ-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) is a useful tumor marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The conventional enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kit for DCP lacks adequate sensitivity to detect small HCC. Thus, a revised EIA kit for DCP has been developed. In this revised DCP kit, the blank v
Serum des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin levels determined by a new generation of sensitive immunoassays in patients with small-sized hepatocellular carcinoma
โ Scribed by Fumio Nomura; Michikuni Ishijima; Katsuhiko Kuwa; Naomi Tanaka; Toshiaki Nakai; Kunihiko Ohnishi
- Book ID
- 119396091
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9270
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## Background: Measurements of serum concentrations of des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (dcp) are widely used for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). however, the dcp is not always sensitive enough to detect small hccs. in the current study, the authors investigated the usefulness of dcp in the
## BACKGROUND. Des-โฅ-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) is an established marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the conventional enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kit lacks adequate sensitivity. Thus, a revised EIA kit with increased sensitivity has been developed. In this kit, the sensitivity has increased