The study of some factors of nonspecific immunity in 85 patients with cirrhosis and in 9 patients with primary cancer of the liver revealed a decrease of all factors of nonspecific immunity under consideration, while in primary cancer of the liver--selective and more sharp fall of properdin level. The complement, as compared with the control, was not changed, whereas lysozyme was statistically reliably higher than in healthy persons.
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