Year-round total serum IgE and IgG4 levels in allergic and non-allergic West Indian medical students
West Indian med. j
; 36(3): 177-80, Sept. 1987.
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ABSTRACT
Twenty-four allergic and non-allergic West Indian medical students and pathology technologists had repeated serum IgE an dIgG4 levels determined over a one-year period. Contrary to previously published reports on this type of population, total serum IgE levels were usually consistently normal (18 of 24 subjects) with little variation throughout the year. The remaining six subjects, all allergic and non-allergic elevated levels (620-1096 kU/1). Total serum IgG4 was elevated in most of the allergic and non-allergic subjects (18 0f 24). Perennial exposure to molds and house dust mite in this tropical environment could possibly produce the chronic antigenic stimulation reponsible for the elevation in serum IgG4 levels found in this study (AU)
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Assunto principal:
Imunoglobulina E
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Imunoglobulina G
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Hipersensibilidade
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1987
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