Takuya Honda, Tatsuki Ichikawa, Mio Yamashima, Shinobu Yamamichi, Makiko Koike, Yusuke Nakano, Tetsurou Honda, Hiroyuki Yajima, Osamu Miyazaki, Yasutaka Kuribayashi, Tomonari Ikeda, Takuma Okamura, Kazuyoshi Nagata, Kazuhiko Nakao
Protein induced by vitamin K (VK) absence-II (PIVKA-II) is a sensitive marker for diagnosing hepatoma but is occasionally detected in patients without hepatoma Here, the clinical significance of serum PIVKA-II levels in patients who were not administered warfarin and did not have hepatoma or liver disease were evaluated. As VK is related to muscle and bone metabolism, PIVKA-II and clinical factors related to bone and muscle were compared. A total of 441 patients with various liver diseases were evaluated. Of these, 236 patients were female...
January 2024: Biomedical Reports