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New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1997; 17 (1): 31-35
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-46269

ABSTRACT

Serum cytidine deaminase [CD] and adenosine deaminase [AD] activities were measured in 21 children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis [JRA], 21 with SLE and other rheumatic diseases and 11 with active rheumatic fever [RF] in comparison with 19 healthy controls aiming at assessing their activities in such diseases and their relation in clinical and laboratory markers of the disease activity. The mean serum CD and AD activities were significantly higher in patients' groups than in controls. The increase in CD activity was more prominent in JRA and RF, while AD was highest in SLE. Patients with active JRA had higher CD activity than that with quiescent disease. AD was insignificantly higher in quiescent disease. The activity of both enzymes was insignificantly higher in active as compared to quiescent SLE. Although paired observations of eight patients revealed a drop in the activity of both enzymes with a disease remission, yet the levels remained significantly higher than in controls indicating an ongoing subclinical inflammation. The activity of both enzymes did not correlate significantly neither with ESR nor with serum complement C3 activity. No significant differences were observed with various modes of therapy [steroids, NSAIDs] of JRA. Cytotoxic drugs for SLE were accompanied by a significantly higher CD than steroid therapy


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Humans , Male , Female , Rheumatic Diseases/diagnosis , Child , Rheumatic Heart Disease/blood , Adenosine Deaminase/blood , Cytidine Deaminase/blood
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Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol ; 58(1): 21-6, 1993. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-119878

ABSTRACT

Se diseña un estudio para evaluar el comportamiento de dos parámetros bioquímicos: Citidina deaminasa (CD) (enzima que participa en el metabolismo de nucleótidos pirimidínicos) y Antitrombina III (AT-III) (principal inhibidor fisiológico de la coagulación), con el objeto de establecer su valor bioquímico en el diagnóstico diferencial y evaluar la severidad del SHIE (Síndrome hipertensivo inducido por el embarazo). Para este propósito se selecciona un grupo de mujeres no gestantes (NG) (n=34), un grupo control de gestantes sanas (GC) (n=30) y uno patológico (n=54) formado por pacientes con diagnóstico de SHIE (moderada, severa y pre-eclampsia). HC (hipertensión crónica) y HC/SHIE (hipertensión preexistente con pre-eclampsia sobreañadida). Se determinan niveles de CD y AT-III en cada uno de estos grupos. Los resultados indican aumento con diferencias significativas (p<0,001) en los niveles de CD, de la HIE (moderada, severa y pre-eclampsia) vs grupo de control, como también entre las pacientes con HC/HIE y gestantes sanas (GC). No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre el grupo control e HC (p>0,01). Se verifican también diferencias significativas (p<0,001) en los niveles de CD entre HIES vs HIE-m; HIE-m vs HC; HIE-s vs HC y HC/HIE vs HC estableciéndose que el valor bioquímico de la determinación de CD, es un método importante en el diagnóstico diferencial de las HIE en relación con la HC, como también entre ésta y HC/HIE. Respecto a los niveles AT-III, se encontró diferencias significativas en no gestantes vs gestantes sanas, siendo menor la actividad en las embarazadas (p<0,001). Los resultados no son concluyentes en grupos patológicos


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Humans , Female , Pregnancy , Adolescent , Adult , Antithrombin III/analysis , Cytidine Deaminase/blood , Hypertension/physiopathology , Case-Control Studies , Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/physiopathology
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