Immunoglobulin D in serum, body fluids and lymphoid tissues.

  • 1 July 1968
    • journal article
    • Vol. 3  (6) , 477-90
Abstract
Measurements of serum IgD concentrations at various ages and in a number of diseases are reported. IgD was not detected in plasma obtained during the first 6 months of life and was only very rarely found in cord plasma. Older children and adults showed a wide range of levels. IgD levels were not increased in three examples of `autoimmune' disease, but increases were noted in some patients having chronic infections. IgD was usually absent in hypogammaglobulinaemia. IgD was not detected in a variety of body fluids.