Increased serum IgE concentration in lung tuberculosis

Greinert, U.; Ernst, M.; Haas, H.; Lepp, U.; Schlaak, M.

Pneumologie 44(Suppl 1): 495-496

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0934-8387
PMID: 2367447
Document Number: 355006
In about one-half of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, elevations of the IgE serum concentrations are found which, under anti-tuberculous therapy, reveal a tendency to regress. Aetiologically, in addition to an unspecific B-cell activation, a specific reaction of the immune system may be considered.

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