Cellular and humoral immunological changes in chronic renal failure associated with schistosomiasis.
The changes that occur in cell mediated and humoral immunity in patients suffering from chronic renal failure associated with schistosomiasis were studied. There was a decrease in T3%, T4% and T4/T8 ratio. IgG, IgM and IgE levels were found to be increased in such cases. It was concluded that there was a reciprocal relationship between cell mediated immunity and IgE levels in cases with chronic renal failure associated with bilharzial hepatosplenomegaly.
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Fawzy
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Abdalla
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Farrag
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Rakha
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000097:blood*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*
D007136:Immunoglobulins