Serum type III procollagen peptide concentrations in severe chronic active hepatitis: Relationship to cirrhosis and disease activity
β Scribed by Arthur J. McCullough; William N. Stassen; Russell H. Wiesner; Albert J. Czaja
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 666 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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β¦ Synopsis
To analyze the correlations between the presence of cirrhosis and hepatocellular inflammation and the serum concentrations of the amino-terminal peptide of procollagen type 111 in chronic liver disease, we measured prodlagen type 1 1 1 concentrations in paired serum samples from 46 patients (17 had cirrhosis) with severe chronic active hepatitis during a therapeutic treatment trial. Coded sera were analyzed for procollagen type 111 concentrations using both a standard and a recently described Fab radioimmunoassay to compare their relative diagnostic accuracy.
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