title: Effects of oestrogen and progestogen on serum levels of alpha(2)-macroglobulin, transferrin, albumin, and IgG.
abstract: The levels of four serum proteins, assayed by a radial immunodiffusion technique, have been measured in healthy women who had been given either the oestrogen or progestogen component of a combined oral contraceptive preparation for three weeks. Raised alpha(2)-macroglobulin and transferrin levels were found after oestrogen treatment but albumin and IgG did not significantly alter. In the progestogen-treated group all four proteins remained unchanged. The four proteins have also been assayed at frequent intervals during the normal menstrual cycle. No evidence of cyclical variation was found.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Pathology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Horne
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mallinson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Goudie