title: [Level of beta 2-microglobulin in serum of patients with acute viral hepatitis types A, B and C].
abstract: Serum beta 2-microglobulin concentrations were assayed in 14 patients with acute hepatitis A, 16 with acute hepatitis B and 10 with hepatitis C. Serum samples were taken from each patient in the first and the second week of hospitalization and in the period of aminotransferase normalization. There was a significant increase of beta 2-microglobulin level in every type of hepatitis compared to the control group. A raised serum beta 2-microglobulin concentration persisted during convalescent period. It decreased gradually in type A and B of hepatitis. Serum beta 2-microglobulin level during convalescence in hepatitis C was similar to that of first weeks of hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych AM w Lublinie.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomasiewicz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jagiełło-Wójtowicz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krawczuk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lyczak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rzeszowska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000097:blood*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin