published by Damascus University
in 2009
in Medicine
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, the
incidence progresses and constitutes a public health problem which needs
the research of factors that increase the incidence and severity of crisis, and
among these factors IgG4 deficiency. Therefore the objective of the study is
to know the effect of IgG4 deficiency on severity and evolution of asthma in
children.
References used
Daniel L et al. Hypogammaglobuliemia in asthmatic patients, Annals of Allergy 1992 June, volume 68: 472-81
Moss RB et al. Deficiency of IgG4 in children: association of isolated IgG4 deficiency with recurrent respiratory tract infection, J Pediatr 1992 Jan, 120 (1): 16-21
Heiner DC et al. Deficiency of IgG4: a disorder associated with frequent infections and bronchiectasis that may be familial. Clin Rev Allergy 1983; 1: 259