These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Beta 2-microglobulin in the diagnosis of specific involvement of the kidneys in acute leukemias].
    Author: Vorob'ev VG, Trunova EM, Borovkov NN.
    Journal: Lab Delo; 1990; (10):31-4. PubMed ID: 1704452.
    Abstract:
    Measurements of the serum and urinary beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-Mg) concentrations in 138 adult patients with various forms of acute leukemia, which were carried out in various periods of the disease, have revealed that serum beta 2-Mg levels were two times higher in the patients with leukemic involvement of the kidneys (5.54 +/- 3.50 mg/l) than in those without renal involvement (2.77 +/- 1.07 mg/l). Consequently, urinary beta 2-Mg excretion was much higher in the patients with renal involvement than in those with intact kidneys (1.512 +/- 3.222 mg/l vs. 0.388 +/- 1.175 mg/l). Mathematical analysis has shown that the risk of leukemic involvement of the kidneys makes up 93.3 percent in acute leukemia patients with serum beta 2-Mg levels surpassing 6.0 mg/l. This permitted a conclusion on the diagnostic value of beta 2-Mg measurements for the detection of specific involvement of the kidneys in acute leukemia.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]