Humoral immunity following splenectomy in adults
Carbonell-Tatay, F.; Balsalobre, B.
Revista Clinica Espanola 190(9): 447-449
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0014-2565 PMID: 1626089 Document Number: 388761
Humoral immunity was examined in a population of one hundred adult patients splenectomized after abdominal trauma without associated disease, and the results were compared with those observed in healthy individuals. We found, in addition to the disorders, a large increase in the seric concentration of total IgE, and increased presence of autoantibodies and circulating immunocomplexes. These alterations were not correlated with the asplenia period.