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RAISED LEVELS OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS IN SERUM OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Olsen Finn,
Hilden Mogens,
Ibsen Hans
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1973.tb02275.x
Subject(s) - antibody , medicine , immunology , intravenous immunoglobulins , antigen , physiology
In a series of 84 hypertensive patients, 50 men and 34 women, the levels of serum immunoglobulins were examined. Levels of the immunoglobulins were found to be increased in about 30 per cent of the patients. The study supports the view that immunological factors are involved in at least some cases of essential hypertension. The antigens against which the immunoglobulins are directed have not yet been identified.