Polyclonal increases of serum immunoglobulins and increase of immunoglobulin-bearing peripheral blood lymphocytes in children with Kawasaki disease

Immunoglobulin-bearing peripheral blood lymphocytes were examined in 20 children with Kawasaki disease and in 13 healthy control children. Routine laboratory tests were also performed. IgG-bearing lymphocytes, IgA-bearing lymphocytes, and IgM-bearing lymphocytes increased in children with Kawasaki d...

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Published inTokai journal of experimental and clinical medicine Vol. 7; no. 6; p. 661
Main Authors Kuno-Sakai, H, Ohta, T, Kikuchi, T, Hikino, N, Takesue, R, Iwagaki, H, Takakura, I, Kimura, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan 01.11.1982
Subjects
Child
Humans
Immunoglobulins
Lymphatic Diseases - immunology
Lymphocytes - analysis
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - immunology
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Summary:Immunoglobulin-bearing peripheral blood lymphocytes were examined in 20 children with Kawasaki disease and in 13 healthy control children. Routine laboratory tests were also performed. IgG-bearing lymphocytes, IgA-bearing lymphocytes, and IgM-bearing lymphocytes increased in children with Kawasaki disease when compared with those of controls. Measurement of immunoglobulin-bearing cells in peripheral blood may be used as a clinical test in the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease.
ISSN:0385-0005