title: [Study on reference laboratory diagnostic index of liver-fire ascending syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the binding point of Syndrome Differentiation of TCM and disease differentiation by western medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Selected laboratory diagnostic indexes were tested in 59 cases of Liver-Fire Ascending Syndrome (LFAS). Referring to clinical typing and staging, the data obtained were analysed by same syndrome with different diseases and same disease with different syndrome as well as the values determined in related syndrome-types were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The levels of prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in patients of LFAS were higher than those in patients with Liver-Kidney Yin-Deficiency Syndrome and Liver-Yang Hyperactivity Syndrome. As for linking between Syndrome-type and stage of disease, most cases (70%) of herpes simplex viral keratitis of LFAS were deep matrix layer type; and 100% hypertension patients with LFAS belonged to stage II.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PGF2 alpha and AVP could be used as the reference laboratory diagnostic indexes of LFAS.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008.
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D016849:Keratitis, Herpetic / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D016710:Yin Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D015237:Dinoprost; D009638:Norepinephrine