title: [Decreased serum aldolase levels in Yusho].
abstract: We measured serum aldolase levels in Yusho sufferers annually between the years 2000 and 2005. We observed a decrease in serum aldolase levels in 47.7% of the patients studied. We researched the relations among serum aldolase, serum creatine kinase, blood polychlorinated biphenyls, blood polychlorinated quaterphenyls, blood polychlorinated dibenzofurans and toxic equivalent quantity statistically. We conclude that a high concentration of blood polychlorinated biphenyls might play a role in the decrease of serum aldolase levels in Yusho sufferers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan. toshiro@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012275:Oryza / Q000506:poisoning*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000506:poisoning*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010938:Plant Oils; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase