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SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. MEASUREMENT OF SERUM IgE ANTIBODIES TO THREE COMMON ALLERGENS
Author(s) -
TURNER K. J.,
BALDO B. A.,
CARTER R. F.,
KERR H. R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb106392.x
Subject(s) - immunoglobulin e , radioallergosorbent test , immunology , antibody , sudden infant death syndrome , etiology , medicine , sudden death , aspergillus fumigatus , mite , biology , pediatrics , pathology , ecology
Radioallergosorbent test (RAST) studies showed that IgE antibodies to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinm (house dust mite), Aspergillus fumigatus and bovine β‐lactoglobulin were significantly elevated in the sera of infants who died as a result of the sudden death in infancy syndrome (SDIS). No significant differences were found in the levels of total IgE, IgA, IgG or IgM in the sera of SDIS victims or controls. The possible role of hypersensitivity in the aetiology of SDIS is discussed.