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In the second paper of this series, a detailed study of the three main serum immunoglobulins for a group of 772 MS patients is compared with a group of 226 neurological controls. The results are studied according to sex and different age groups. Except for a slight elevation of the IgM levels in the MS group, especially between 40 and 60 years, no clear cut distinction between the two groups of patients was found.
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Bei einer Gruppe von 772 Patienten mit multipler Sklerose und einer Kontrollgruppe von 226 Patienten mit anderen neurologischen Krankheiten wurden die drei hauptsächlichen Serumimmunglobuline verglichen. Die Ergebnisse wurden nach Alter und Geschlecht ausgewertet. Außer einer leichten Erhöhung des IgM bei der MS-Gruppe, hauptsächlich im Alter zwischen 40 und 60 Jahren, konnten keine deutlichen Unterschiede zur Kontrollgruppe gefunden werden.
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Delmotte, P., Demonty, L. Biochemical findings in multiple sclerosis. J. Neurol. 211, 135–142 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313357
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