Serum immunoglobulin and complement values in onyalai : comparison with black, San and white inhabitants of Kavango, SWA/Namibia

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dc.contributor.authorHesseling, P. B.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCooper, R. C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGirdle-Brown, B.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-18T14:59:40Z
dc.date.available2011-03-18T14:59:40Z
dc.date.issued1986-08
dc.descriptionCITATION: Hesseling, P.B., Cooper, R.C. & GirdleBrown, B. 1986. Serum immunoglobulin and complement values in onyalai: Comparison with black, San and white inhabitants of Kavango, SWA/Namibia. South African Medical Journal, 70(8), 203-205.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe hypothesis that onyalai results from a polyclonal immune response and that complement activation occurs in its active phase was investigated. Serum immunoglobulins IgA, IgG and IgM and complement fractions C3 and C4 were measured in 21 black onyalai patients and 44 of their close relatives, 37 healthy black schoolchildren, 42 Barakwenga San, 10 Kung San and 18 whites in Kavango. An additional 4 patients with onyalai were investigated after splenectomy. Total complement level, circulating immune complexes and antinuclear antibodies were measured in an additional 6 patients with acute onyalai. The results did not support the hypothesis.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationHesseling, P.B., Cooper, R.C. & GirdleBrown, B. 1986. Serum immunoglobulin and complement values in onyalai: Comparison with black, San and white inhabitants of Kavango, SWA/Namibia. South African Medical Journal, 70(8), 203-205.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn0256-9574 (print)en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7975
dc.language.isoen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights.holderSouth African Medical Journalen_ZA
dc.subjectOnyalai -- Etiology -- Namibiaen_ZA
dc.subjectThrombocytopenic purpuraen_ZA
dc.subjectHaemorrhageen_ZA
dc.subjectAntibody diversityen_ZA
dc.subjectImmune responseen_ZA
dc.subjectPlatelet counten_ZA
dc.titleSerum immunoglobulin and complement values in onyalai : comparison with black, San and white inhabitants of Kavango, SWA/Namibiaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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