Naslov
VALUES OF COMPLEMENT, T- AND B-LYMPHOCYTES AND IMMUNE COMPLEXES IN PATIENTS WITH SKIN ALLERGIES

Autori
Lugović, Liborija ; Lipozenčić, Jasna

Izvornik
Acta medica Croatica (1330-0164) 52 (1998), 4-5; 203-208

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kongresno priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
complement; immune complexes; allergy

Sažetak
The aim of this pilot study was to determine the values of total complement, C3 and C4 fractions, C1.esterase inhibitor, T- and B-lymphocytes, and immune complexes in our patients with skin allergic disease. The purpose was to investigate the probability of type III hypersensitivity reaction in the development and onset of skin allergies. The values of these parameters were determined in ten patients with atopic dermatitis and ten patients with chronic allergic urticaria. Results showed most of the study subjects with atopic dermatitis (7/10) to have increased CH50 values, a finding not observed in the patients with chronic allergic urticaria (2/10) and healthy controls (0/10). No major changes in other parameters were found in any of the patient groups. A statistically significant difference (p<0.05) was found among the three groups in CH50 and C4 values.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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