Perinatal immunoglobulin levels in premature and small-for-date infants

Autor: Hošková, A., Rozprimová, L., Hlavon, J., Pátková, A.
Zdroj: Zeitschrift für Kinderheilkunde; September 1975, Vol. 119 Issue: 3 p217-220, 4p
Abstrakt: In 100 low-birth-weight newborns divided into a group of prematures with adequate birth weight and a group of antenatal hypotrophics, the immunoglobulins in cord serum and in serum at 5 days were determined. The results are expressed in International Units/ml. A significant increase of IgM as compared with cord blood after 5 days of life was found in both groups. In prenatal hypotrophics insignificantly higher levels of IgM were detected both in cord and in 5-day blood. It could be supposed that the dystrophisation of some small-for-date newborns could result from intrauterine infection.
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