PMID: 2511664Aug 1, 1989Paper

The immunoglobulin content of the blood serum in patients with Addison's disease

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A V Palamarchuk, V S Vernigorodskiĭ

Abstract

The authors examined 24 patients suffering of primary chronic insufficiency of the adrenal cortex, in particular, the content of immunoglobulins of A, M, G classes. Results revealed an increase of the level of immunoglobulins G in severe and average-severe forms and an increase of immunoglobulin M in severe forms of the disease.

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