title: Diagnostic significance of alpha1-fetoprotein, bile antigen VIII and Australia (HB) antigen in primary cancer of the liver.
abstract: The diagnostic significance of the presence of alpha1-fetoprotein in the serum of patients with primary hepatic tumors was investigated. The presence in the serum of bile antigen VIII correlated with the clinical state might suggests a cholangioma. Antigen HB(Australia) being seldom encountered in the hepatomas from our geographical area cannot be implicated in the process of viral oncogenesis.
mesh_terms: D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D001646:Bile / Q000276:immunology*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins