title: Polyclonal increases of serum immunoglobulins and increase of immunoglobulin-bearing peripheral blood lymphocytes in children with Kawasaki disease.
abstract: Immunoglobulin-bearing peripheral blood lymphocytes were examined in 20 children with Kawasaki disease and in 13 healthy control children. Routine laboratory tests were also performed. IgG-bearing lymphocytes, IgA-bearing lymphocytes, and IgM-bearing lymphocytes increased in children with Kawasaki disease when compared with those of controls. Measurement of immunoglobulin-bearing cells in peripheral blood may be used as a clinical test in the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000032:analysis*; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins