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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-nine children with birch pollinosis were given immunotherapy (IT) for 3 years with a purified, characterized and biologically standardized pollen preparation made from either birch or a mixture of birch, alder and hazel. Levels of IgE antibodies against birch, alder and oak increased early during IT (P less than 0.01) and then decreased below the initial level (P less than 0.01). Birch-specific IgG antibodies also increased (P less than 0.01) but not as rapidly as birch-specific IgE antibodies and the levels remained increased throughout IT. There were only weak correlations between immunochemical findings before IT or during early IT on one hand and the improvement during IT on the other hand. The ratio birch-specific IgG:IgE after 1.5 and 2.5 years of IT correlated with symptom scores the following season (P less than 0.01). In 60% of the children below 13 years of age, new IgE specificities developed during IT as demonstrated with crossed radioimmunoelectrophoresis. No such new IgE specificities were found in older children. These 'new sensitivities' did not appear to have any clinical implication.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0009-9090
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
551-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunotherapy to deciduous tree pollens: specific IgE and IgG antibody patterns.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics, Universities of Umeå, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article