title: IgE levels in cord and capillary blood at 5 days of age.
abstract: We have determined the correlation between IgE in cord blood and capillary serum from 98 mature children at 5 days of age. Sixty-six per cent had no family history of atopy, 29% had a single and 5% a double disposition. The study showed a good correlation, rho = 0.75, p < 10(-5), between IgE levels in cord blood and capillary blood samples drawn on the 5th day of life in children both with and without a heredity of atopic diseases. There was no correlation between the concentrations of cord blood IgE and IgA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, National University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hornnes
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Poulsen
mesh_terms: D002196:Capillaries; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D007231:Infant, Newborn
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007073:Immunoglobulin E