| Literature DB >> 6204793 |
P K Buamah, I Gibb, G Bates, A M Ward.
Abstract
The concanavalin A binding characteristics of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) were investigated in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic secondaries using affinity column chromatography and radioimmunoassay. The primary hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 21) was associated with a median concanavalin A non-reactive AFP fraction of 7.4% (range 1.6 - 18.8) while the hepatic secondaries (n = 8) had a median concanavalin A non-reactive AFP fraction of 50.7% (range 26.6 - 91.7). A simple diagnostic test for differentiating between the two groups of patients is proposed.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6204793 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(84)90277-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Chim Acta ISSN: 0009-8981 Impact factor: 3.786