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CELL‐MEDIATED IMMUNITY AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN LEVELS IN LIGHT‐FOR‐DATE INFANTS
Author(s) -
BHASKARAM C.,
RAGHURAMULU N.,
REDDY VINODINI
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1977.tb07957.x
Subject(s) - medicine , immunity , antibody , immunology , immune system , cell mediated immunity , humoral immunity , immunoglobulin g , immunoglobulin a , passive immunity
Abstract. Cell‐mediated immune response and circulating levels of immunoglobulins were studied in 75 full‐term newborn babies. The results showed that though the immunoglobulin levels were not altered, cell‐mediated immunity was significantly depressed in infants with birth weight less than 2500 g and this may result in lowered resistance to infection.