GastroenterologiaJaponica Copyright 9 1978 by TheJapanese Society of Gastroenterology
Vol. 13, No. 5 Printed inJapan
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S E R U M R I B O N U C L E A S E S I N P A N C R E A T I C CANCER: R E L A T I O N TO T U M O R H I S T O L O G Y Akihiro F U N A K O S H I , M.D., Hideyuki W A K A S U G I , M.D., T o s h i n a r i K I M U R A , M.D., Masahiro M A T S U M O T O , M . D . , a n d Hiroshi I B A Y A S H I , M.D. The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, 812Japan
Summary Serum Ribonuclease (RNase, EC. 3.1.4.22) of normal persons and of patients with chronic pancreatitis, or pancreatic cancer was determined with poly (C) as substrate. Strikingly abnormal elevations occured in the serum RNase of patients with pancreatic cancer (p