Alcoholism Immunology
Reports outline alcoholism immunology study findings from Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine
Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, January 18th, 2007
A report, "Serum levels of cytokeratin-18 (tissue polypeptide-specific antigen) in liver diseases," is newly published data in Liver International. "The tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS, cytokeratin-18, a normal constituent of the hepatocyte cytoskeleton) is a standard tumor marker. This study aimed to evaluate serum TPS levels in patients with liver disease," scientists in Santiago de Compostela, Spain report.
"Serum TPS was measured with a commercial immunoassay in 884 individuals (753 outpatients from a liver disease clinic, 131 patients admitted to the hospital with acute liver disease). Abnormally high (>80 U/l) TPS levels were found in 57.7% (95% CI...
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