title: [Diagnostic and prognostic value of the assessment of selected indicators of humoral immunity in alcoholism-related pathology of the liver].
abstract: The purpose of the study was evaluation of the usefulness of selected indices of humoral immune responsiveness in the differential diagnosis of post-alcoholic hepatocellular damage. The study was carried out in 105 patients: 10 patients with a history of alcohol abuse without clinical and biochemical evidence of hepatocellular damage, 2) patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 3) patients with post-inflammatory cirrhosis. The prognostic usefulness of the determinations of serum IgM, C3 and C4 complement components and circulating immune complexes in early diagnostic of alcoholic liver disease was demonstrated. It was noted also that increased serum IgA level may be a useful index differentiating of cirrhosis after hepatitis from alcoholic cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Zakaźnych Ak. Med., Białymstoku.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Flisiak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boroń-Kaczmarska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bobrowska
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000032:analysis*; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis*; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D003176:Complement C3; D003181:Complement C4; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M
vernacular_title: Diagnostyczne i prognostyczne znaczenie oceny wybranych wskaźników humoralnej odczynowości immunologicznej w poalkoholowej patologii watroby.