evaluation of total protein concentration in serum of veterans exposed to sulfur mustard gas

the aim of this study was to compare the total protein levels in serum of veteran exposure to sulfur mustard (sm) which was used in the iran-iraq war. in this study, 35 patients exposed to mustard gas (case group) and 35 healthy subjects (control group) were evaluated. the total protein concentration was measured by bradford method. the average amount of protein in serum exposure to sulfur mustard (patients) in compared with a control group, showed no significant differences (p>0.05). the observed inflammatory reaction in the lungs and eyes exposed veterans with sulfur mustard gas and the total protein in the serum of healthy individual veterans did not show significant differences in inflammatory factor. therefore, it should be the amounts of inflammatory factors in local (lungs and eyes) were high and the systemic inflammatory factors may be increased.