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Urinary excretion of 6-hydroxymethylpterin in brain tumours
1Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal, India.
Acta Oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The urinary 6-hydroxymethylpterin(Pt-6-CH2OH) excretion was determined in 87 patients with brain tumours and in 50 control patients. The Pt-6-CH2OH levels were significantly elevated in all patients with tumours. No difference was observed when malignant tumours were compared with benign neoplasms. Following therapy, the Pt-6-CH2OH levels were partially reduced when compared with control patients and their pre-operative values.