| Literature DB >> 6512392 |
H Lal, O P Sachdeva, H R Mehta.
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Serum immunoglobulin (IgG, IgA and IgM) levels were determined in patients with chronic tonsillitis before and one month after tonsillectomy. The preoperative levels of serum IgG, IgA and IgM were significantly higher when compared with the controls. The increase may be due to repeated antigenic stimulation. The post-operative levels for the three immunoglobulins were decreased; however, a significant reduction was observed for IgG only where the mean value was comparable with the control group. The data confirm that tonsillectomy does not disturb the humoral immune system of the body.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID： 6512392 DOI： 10.1017/s0022215100148297
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Laryngol Otol ISSN： 0022-2151 Impact factor: 1.469