TOTAL SERUM IGE AND SPECIFIC IGE ANTIBODIES IN CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIAL-ASTHMA

  • 1 June 1986
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 56  (6) , 488-491
Abstract
Correlation between total serum IgE levels and RAST scores in a total of 342 asthmatic children were evaluated. The median and range of serum of IgE were 1,050 IU/mL and 20 to 10,000 IU/mL respectively. Positive rates of RAST were highest for mites and house dust (87% to 91%) and lowest for milk, dogs, buckwheat, and eggs (2% to 8%). In general, patients with higher RAST scores had higher serum IgE (P < .05, Mann-Whitney test). In individual cases, however, serum IgE levels did not significantly correlate with RAST scores and RAST was mandatory to estimate the levels of specific IgE antibodies.