Plasma Protein Pattern in Banti's Syndrome

Abstract

As a part of their clinico-pathological studies on Banti's syndrome, the authors examined the concentration and fractional pattern of plasma proteins in 77 patients. Hypoproteinemia was predominant in this series; the total protein concentration was less than 7.1g/dl in 53.2 per cent of the cases, while it exceeded 8.5g/dl only in 3.9 per cent. Among the fractions of plasma proteins, albumin was lower than the normal limit in the majority of the cases. On the other hand, globulins, especially α- and γ-fractions, usually tended to increase in this syndrome. Consequently, the albumin-globulin ratio was lower than normal in most cases of this series, the overall average being 1.12. The fibrinogen content showed quite a large variation.