DEFECTIVE YEAST OPSONIZATION AND C2 DEFICIENCY IN ATOPIC PATIENTS

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 34  (2) , 253-259
Abstract
Of atopic patients initially presenting with infantile eczema or hay fever, 27% were defective for yeast opsonization and 18% had low levels of C2 [complement component 2]; these deficiencies were mutually exclusive, suggesting that they are primary. Both defects were associated with each of 4 different atopic syndromes, some of which were related to certain HLA haplotypes.