TABLE 4.

Immunological antibody profile of patients with IgA deficiency

Study group and reference	No. of subjects	No. of subjects positive for:
		EMA		AGA		tTG antibody
		IgA	IgG	IgA	IgG	IgA	IgG
Patients with CD
Cataldo et al. (4)	20	0	20	0	20	0	20
Korponay-Szabo et al. (10)	2	0	2	0	1	NDa	ND
Cataldo et al. (2)	54	0	ND	0	51	ND	ND
Cataldo et al. (3)	12	0	ND	0	12	ND	ND
Rittmeyer and Rhoads (21)	2	0	ND	0	1	ND	ND
Beutner et al.b	1	0	1	0	1	ND	ND
Present study	14	0	14	0	14	0	13
Patients with CD on GFD
Cataldo et al. (4)	34	0	0	0	0	0	4
Cataldo et al. (2)	52	ND	0	ND	5	ND	ND
Beutner et al.b	1	0	0	0	0	ND	ND
Present study	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patients without CD
Cataldo et al. (4)	10	0	0	0	0	0	2
Cataldo et al. (3)	2	0	ND	0	0	ND	ND
Present study	10	0	0	0	0	0	0

^aND, not done.

^bLetter.