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. 1978 Oct;8(4):465–467. doi: 10.1128/jcm.8.4.465-467.1978

Determination of immunoglobulin A concentrations in human nasal secretions with a serum immunoglobulin A standard.

S B Greenberg, R D Rossen, H R Six, B D Baxter, R B Couch
PMCID: PMC275273  PMID: 102657

Abstract

By quantitative immunodiffusion tests, nasal secretion immunoglobulin A was underestimated by approximately 5.6-fold when the serum 7S immunoglobulin A standard was employed.

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