Urinary Diastase in Mumps

Abstract

ELEVATION of serum diastase has been found in the great majority of adult patients with mumps.^{1 2 3 4 5 6} The increased levels may assist in establishing the diagnosis in doubtful cases. Most of the studies were performed on soldiers in epidemics of parotitis during the war. Examinations of the serum diastase in children have been rare. Applebaum¹ included 3 cases in his series of 60, and Murphy, Bozalis and Bieri⁶ 4 in a series of 35.Since an elevated level of diastase in the serum brings about an increase in the urinary excretion of the enzyme it was to be expected that the . . .