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The CEA ELISA kit is used for the quantitative measurement of CEA in human serum or plasma. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a 180 kD intercellular adhesion molecule expressed in high concentrations in the fetus but normally not found in adult serum because the synthesis of this protein ceases after birth. However reappear in a high concentration in the sera of patients with colorectal (57), gastric (41), hepatocellular (45), pancreatic (59) and biliary (59) carcinoma. The serum concentration of CEA can also be elevated in benign diseases of the colorectum (inflammatory bowel disease 17), stom
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