Indicators of nonspecific immunity in cirrhosis and primary cancer of the liver
Afanas'eva, K.A.; Afanas'ev, S.S.; Ablaeva, T.D.; Podobedov, G.M.
Voprosy Onkologii 22(12): 21-24
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 1020251 Document Number: 97953
The study of some factors of nonspecific immunity in 85 patients with cirrhosis and in 9 patients with primary cancer of the liver revealed a decrease of all factors of nonspecific immunity under consideration, while in primary cancer of the liver--selective and more sharp fall of properdin level. The complement, as compared with the control, was not changed, whereas lysozyme was statistically reliably higher than in healthy persons.