ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME AND LYSOZYME IN SILICOSIS AND ASBESTOSIS
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 59 (4), 228-231
Abstract
Serum angiontensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity and lysozyme (LZM) concentration in 22 silicosis and 18 asbestosis patients were studied. These patients were compared with 57 untreated and 36 treated sarcoidosis patients. In all groups significantly raised ACE and LZM mean values o were noted. Untreated sarcoidosis patients had the highest values. Raised ACE activity in silicosis and asbestosis was not reported before, which weakens the differential diagnostic value of this enzyme determination for sarcoidosis. The similar patterns of increased ACE and LZM mean values in all 3 diseases suggest that these enzymes have a common source.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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