title: Diagnostic value of liver function tests and Entamoeba histolytica antibody studies in East Africans.
abstract: Liver function tests and Entamoeba histolytica (E.H.) antibody titres have been studied in a variety of tropical and liver diseases. Patients with hepatic amoebiasis had a raised E.H. antibody titre and tended to have a low pseudocholinesterase activity. In two cases of amoebic liver abscess, which were treated by aspiration and emetine, there was a remarkable drop in the E.H. antibody titre. In a number of other hepatic and tropical conditions the E.H. antibody titre was not significantly raised and the liver function tests were typical of the various conditions studied.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies