Beta2-Microglobulin and pulmonary tuberculosis
Kleisbauer, J.P.; Sauvan, R.; Roux, F.; Poirier, R.; Razzouk, H.; Bisset, J.P.
Pathologie-Biologie 26(6): 390-391
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-8114 PMID: 83594 Document Number: 132647
Serum beta2-microglobulin levels, determined in 29 healthy adults were found to be 1,3 mg/l with an upper confidence limit (95%) of 2,0 mg/ml. In contrast, serum values in 101 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were 2,1 mg/l with an upper confidence limit of 3,2 mg/l. The latter value is therefore to be taken into consideration if serum beta2m is to be used for discriminating between lung carcinoma and other pulmonary diseases.