TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis in Maracaibo. II. Studies on the incidence, nature, and significance of circulatiing anti-immunoglobulins
AU - McIntosh, R. M.
AU - Rabideau, D.
AU - Allen, J. E.
AU - Garcia, R.
AU - Rubio, L.
AU - Carr, R. I.
AU - Rodriguez-Iturbe, B.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - Antiglobulins were measured in the sera of 82 patients with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis and correlated with C1q binding activity, serum levels of immunoglobulins and C3, site of infection, antibody titres to streptococcal enzymes, and the duration of the nephritis and interval from infection. Raised serum antiglobulins were found in 89.2% of the patients. In addition, raised titres were detected at any time during the course of the disease and very early after streptococcal infection. The finding of antiglobulins soon after the infection suggests the possibility that they appear as a primary event in the disease.
AB - Antiglobulins were measured in the sera of 82 patients with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis and correlated with C1q binding activity, serum levels of immunoglobulins and C3, site of infection, antibody titres to streptococcal enzymes, and the duration of the nephritis and interval from infection. Raised serum antiglobulins were found in 89.2% of the patients. In addition, raised titres were detected at any time during the course of the disease and very early after streptococcal infection. The finding of antiglobulins soon after the infection suggests the possibility that they appear as a primary event in the disease.
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U2 - 10.1136/ard.38.3.257
DO - 10.1136/ard.38.3.257
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0018750524
VL - 38
SP - 257
EP - 261
JO - Unknown Journal
JF - Unknown Journal
IS - 3
ER -