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. 1977 Jun;28(3):506–511.

Asymmetric depression in the serum level of IgG subclasses in patients with nephrotic syndrome.

F Shakib, J Hardwicke, D R Stanworth, R H White
PMCID: PMC1541007  PMID: 891026

Abstract

Thirty-three nephrotic patients were studied for IgG-subclass levels in matched pairs of serum and urinary specimens. Levels in the serum were compared with those found in the sera of non-nephrotic control children and normal adults. Results have shown an asymmetric depression in the serum level of certain IgG subclasses in some patients with minimal-change nephrotic syndrome, focal glomerulosclerosis, and proliferative glomerulonephritis, indicating that the urinary loss of IgG alone cannot account for the low blood levels of this immunoglobulin class in these conditions.

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