Publications by authors named "Mitiko Senshuu"
Background And Aim: Our aim was to evaluate the heterogeneity of des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin (DCP) in the plasma of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), benign liver diseases, and normal controls and compare the DCP values by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for two types monoclonal antibodies (MU-3 and 19B7).
Methods: We purified DCP from the plasma of 17 patients with HCC, three patients with metastatic liver tumors (MTLT), 12 with acute hepatitis (AH), five with chronic hepatitis (CH), nine with liver cirrhosis (LC), and 10 normal controls (NC). The DCP was analyzed by using immunoaffinity chromatography, reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and measured by using an ELISA.