Article
[The phenotypes of haptoglobin and the level of acute-phasic proteins in the sera of children with local form of intrathoracic tuberculosis].
Problemy tuberkuleza i boleznei legkikh - 1 Jan 2004
Kaminskaia G O, Abdullaev R Iu, Elufimova V F, Mitinskaia L A, Iukhimenko N V
Abstract excerpt
Seventy-seven children aged 4-12 years who had local forms of primary intrathoracic tuberculosis were examined. On admission to and discharge from hospital, haptoglobin (Hp) was phenotyped and the content of Hp was measured, and the activity of alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1-AT) was determined. In all ill children, the distribution of Hp phenotypes did not differ from the normal level, but all patients with...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.