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IgM Serum Agglutinators
Author(s) -
WALLER MARION
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.934
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3083
pISSN - 0300-9475
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1973.tb02033.x
Subject(s) - nephrosis , antibody , immunoglobulin m , globulin , immunology , immunoglobulin g , biology , medicine , endocrinology
In human sera showing elevated levels of IgM, the serum agglutinators may be of both IgG and IgM classes. When the quantity of IgG is very low, these antibodies may be solely of the IgM class. Elevations in IgM levels subsequent to loss of IgG through the kidney, as in nephrosis, and elevations in all immunoglobulin levels, as observed in severe suppurative infection, do not alter the production of serum agglutinaton as IgG globulins