SERUM AND SALIVARY IGA LEVELS IN NORMAL SUBJECTS - COMPARISON BETWEEN TONSILLECTOMIZED AND NON-TONSILLECTOMIZED SUBJECTS
SERUM AND SALIVARY IGA LEVELS IN NORMAL SUBJECTS - COMPARISON BETWEEN TONSILLECTOMIZED AND NON-TONSILLECTOMIZED SUBJECTS
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DOI:
10.1159/000233108
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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AIUTI, F
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DAMELIO, R;PALMISANO, L;AIUTI, F
Serum IgA and secretory IgA (SIgA) were determined in 1000 apparently healthy human subjects; 274 were tonsillectomized. Four groups were identified in this study: 0.3% of subjects had no serum IgA and SIgA; 1.6% of subjects showed partial serum and SIgA deficiency; 27.4% of individuals were tonsillectomized and had partial serum IgA deficiency but normal SIgA, and 71.4% were normal, both with respect to serum IgA and SIgA. These results stress the relatively high incidence of IgA deficiency in the normal population and confirm the role of the tonsils in maintaining serum IgA levels.