肺結核患者の血清パントテン酸濃度

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The serum concentrations of pantothenic acid in healthy subjects and patients with moderate or advanced pulmonary tuberculosis were measured by bioassay, and the determinations of serum ascorbic acid, serum cholesterol and urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids were carried out simultaneously. The pantothenic acid concentration was 179.0±50.0 mμg/ml in the moderate tuberculous patients and 183.9±35.8 mμg/ml in advanced cases. Neither of those concentrations was significantly lower compared with the level in the healthy subjects which was 216.3±43.3 mμg/ml. The concentations of serum ascorbic acid and cholesterol, and urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the patients were lower than those in the healthy subjects, respectively. No correlation of pantothenic acid to ascorbic acid, cholesterol or urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids was found.