The serum concentration of 19 serum proteins was determined by electrophoresis in 42 @entity1 with @entity30 and 36 @entity1 with @entity31 . The results were compared with 78 healthy @entity1 as matched controls. Distinctive, but similar, changes were present in the two diseases. An increased serum concentration of orosomucoid, alpha(1)-antitrypsin, easily precipitable glycoprotein, alpha(1)-antichymotrypsin, @entity2104 , and haemopexin was present. The serum concentration was decreased for prealbumin, albumin, alpha(2)-HS glycoprotein, caeruloplasmin, alpha(2)-macro-globulin, and @entity69 . No significant difference between the two diseases existed as far as the serum protein pattern was concerned. Certain proteins, ;the acute phase reactants' (orosomucoid, alpha(1)-antitrypsin, alpha(1)-antichymotrypsin, and @entity2104 ) and the immunoglobulins were clinically useful, since their serum concentration reflected the grade of activity of the disease. A pronounced elevation of @entity2104 compared with that of the other ;acute phase reactants' was present in @entity1 with @entity30 complicated by suppurative fistulas or abscesses. @entity1 with active @entity30 who responded favourably to medical treatment had significantly higher immunoglobulin levels than @entity1 not responding. A similar observation, though not statistically significant, was made in @entity1 with @entity31 .

Serum concentration of 19 serum proteins in @entity30 and XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'persons'] @entity2104 :: ('3240', 'Gene') :: ['haptoglobin'] @entity31 :: ('MESH:D003093', 'Disease') :: ['ulcerative colitis'] @entity69 :: ('7018', 'Gene') :: ['transferrin'] @entity30 :: ('MESH:D003424', 'Disease') :: ["Crohn's disease"]
@entity31 :: (MESH:D003093,Disease) :: ['ulcerative colitis']
