title: [The diagnostic significance of mucoproteins, sialic acid and cortisol in assessing the activity of rheumatic diseases].
abstract: 1. Our investigations have confirmed the great importance of mucoproteins, sialinic acid, C-reactive protein, and the sedimentation of blood for the analysis of the inflammable process activity in case of rheumatoid arthritis. 2. The interpretation of the electrophoresis indicated that the usual demand for electrophoresis in case of rheumatic patients at the time as a matter of principle was not very sensible, but it should only be demanded for means of rheumatic fever or of increased sialinic acid levels. 3. Our investigations demonstrate significantly increased rates of total protein for rheumatic patients compared to a normal control group. 4. Rheumatic patients also point at a much higher percentage of pathological cortisol levels in consideration of the interaction by hormone therapy (prednisolone) in comparison with normal patients.
authors.affiliation: Bezirkslaboratorium für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsdiagnostik,Bezirkskrankenhaus St. Georg Leipzig.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rotzsch
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D009088:Mucoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D009088:Mucoproteins; D012794:Sialic Acids; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D006854:Hydrocortisone
vernacular_title: Zur diagnostischen Bedeutung von Mucoproteinen, Sialinsäure und Cortisol bei der Aktivitätsbeurteilung rheumatischer Erkrankungen.