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. 1976 Jan;39(1):34-7.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.39.1.34.

Serum immunogloblin levels in myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, and dermatomyositis

R P Lisak, B Zweiman

Serum immunogloblin levels in myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, and dermatomyositis

R P Lisak et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1976 Jan.

Abstract

Analyses of serum immunoglobulin (Ig) levels were performed in patients with myasthenia gravis, polymyositis and dermatomyositis, and in normal subjects. The mean IgG levels were elevated in the disease groups and there was minimal depression of serum IgM levels in nonthymectomized myasthenic patients. There was no consistent pattern with regard to selective immunoglobulin class abnormalities, effect of thymectomy in serial studies, and no evidence of gross humoral immunological deficiency as manifested by consistent depression of serum IgA, IgG, or IgM in the disease groups.

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