Perinatal immunoglobulin levels in premature and small-for-date infants.
In 100 low-birth-weight newborns divided into a group of prematures with adequate birth weight and a group of antenatal hypotrophics, the immunoglobulins in cord serum and in serum at 5 days were determined. The results are expressed in International Units/ml. A significant increase of IgM as compared with cord blood after 5 days of life was found in both groups. In prenatal hypotrophics insignificantly higher levels of IgM were detected both in cord and in 5-day blood. It could be supposed that the dystrophisation of some small-for-date newborns could result from intrauterine infection.
D001724:Birth Weight; D001769:Blood; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000276:immunology
D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007136:Immunoglobulins