Hepatitis in selective IgA deficiency.
Hepatitis occurred in five out of 12 patients with selective IgA deficiency who had been detected by immunelectrophoretic screening of 2,600 individuals. This apparent increased susceptibility to hepatitis has not been reported before, and it may be due to the defect in their local and humoral immune mechanisms.
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male
D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M