Diagnostic value of liver function tests andEntamoeba histolyticaantibody studies in East Africans
- 1 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 20 (2) , 180-184
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.20.2.180
Abstract
Liver function tests and Entamoeba histolytica (E.H.) antibody titers have been studied in a variety of tropical and liver diseases. Patients with hepatic amoebiasis had a raised E.H. antibody titer and tended to have a low pseudocholin-esterase activity. In 2 cases of amoebic liver abscess, which were treated by aspiration and emetine, there was a remarkable drop in the E.H. antibody titer. In a number of other hepatic and tropical conditions the E.H. antibody titer was not significantly raised and the liver function tests were typical of the various conditions studied.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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