Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Bichler, A; Fuchs, D; Hausen, A; Hetzel, H; Reibnegger, G; Wachter, H.
Measurement of urinary neopterin in normal pregnant and non-pregnant women and in women with benign and malignant genital tract neoplasms.
Arch Gynecol. 1983; 233(2):121-130
Doi: 10.1007/BF02114788
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- Urinary neopterin was measured in healthy women (n = 209) and men (n = 208), in patients with benign gynecological tumors (n = 53), in women with precancerous lesions of the cervix and the endometrium (n = 24) and in women with cancer of the genital tract (n = 108). In addition urinary neopterin measurements were made in 109 pregnant women and 20 women in the puerperium. No significant difference was found between mean neopterin values in patients with benign gynecological tumors, in women with precancerous lesions and in healthy women. Patients with cancer had significantly higher mean urinary neopterin levels than the control group. Raised neopterin levels were found in 56% of patients with genital tract cancer, the figures varying between 93% for ovarian cancer and 47% for cancer of the cervix. Some of the cancer patients had serial urinary neopterin measurements and in about 80% there was some relation between urinary neopterin values and clinical progress as judged clinically and radiologically, the best agreement existing in patients with ovarian cancer. Significantly higher mean neopterin values were found during normal pregnancy and in the early puerperium than in non-pregnant healthy controls. Raised urinary neopterin excretion may be due to enhanced cell proliferation and alloantigenic activation of T-lymphocytes.
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