| Literature DB >> 3179945 |
L Leibovici1, N Schoenfeld, H A Yehoshua, R Mamet, E Rakowsky, A Shindel, A Atsmon.
Abstract
Porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD), one of the enzymes in the pathway of heme synthesis, was found to be elevated in peripheral mononuclear cells of 60% of patients with epithelial tumors and metastatic spread, but only in 14% of patients with tumor and no evidence of metastases. The combination of both high lactic dehydrogenase and high PBGD afforded a sensitivity of 40%, but a specificity of 96% in diagnosing metastatic spread.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID： 3179945 DOI： 10.1002/1097-0142(19881201)62:11<2297::aid-cncr2820621106>3.0.co;2-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer ISSN： 0008-543X Impact factor: 6.860