THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COPROANTIBODIES TO COW'S MILK PROTEINS |
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| Authors: | B. KLETTER S. FREIER A. MICHAEL DA VIES I. GERY |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Paediatrics, Shaare Zedek General Hospital, and the Department of Medical Ecology, Hebrew University–Hadassah, Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel |
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| Abstract: | An attempt has been made to delineate further the significance of milk coproantibodies. The presence of precipitating and of high levels of hemagglutinating antibodies in feces was found only in patients with milk sensitivity or celiac disease. These cases showed also high levels of serum antibodies to milk. In mongolism and dysautonomia no abnormal titers of coproantibodies were found, in spite of strong reactions in the sera. Antibodies to milk were found by radio-im-munoelectrophoresis to consist mainly of immunoglobulin A in feces and immunoglobulin G in serum. Serum milk antibodies of the IgA type were found only in patients with milk sensitivity or celiac disease. |
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| Keywords: | Milk allergy celiac disease dysautono-mia coproantibodies |
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