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IgG Subclasses in Human Periodontal Disease: III. Serum Concentrations of IgG Subclass Immunoglobulins and Circulating Immune Complexes
Bruce F. Mackler
The Dental Science Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77025
Peter Schur
Department of Medicine, Robert B. Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
Thomas Waldrop
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Elbert Coker
The Dental Science Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77025
Roger Rossen
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine; and the Laboratory for Immunology Research at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston, Texas
No quantitative changes in serum IgG subclass concentrations could be correlated clinically with periodontal disease, despite evidence of restrictive IgG subclass antibody responses in inflamed gingiva. Serum from periodontal patients also lacked circulating immune complexes.
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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 58, No. 7,
1701-1704 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345790580070901
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