Serum immunoglobulin levels in multiple sclerosis in Orkney.
Serum levels of immunoglobulins A, G and M in the population of multiple sclerosis patients in Orkney were generally similar to those in series of contiguous and discontiguous controls, and in the normal first-degree relatives both of patients and controls. There is a slight elevation of mean log IgE in patients, and this is due mainly to elevation in the rural patients. Factors possibly responsible are sought, but none can be clearly identified.
D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*
D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D007073:Immunoglobulin E