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Perit Dial Int 9(4): 261-265 1989
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Peritoneal Dialysis International, Vol 9, Issue 4, 261-265
Copyright © 1989 by International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis

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IgG2 deficiency in young children treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)

CH Schroder, JA Bakkeren, CM Weemaes, and LA Monnens

Department of Pediatrics, St. Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

In most series of children treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), the incidence of peritonitis is higher than in adults. This phenomenon has been insufficiently explained. In the serum of 12 young children treated with CAPD, the serum immunoglobulins IgA, IgM, and IgG, as well as the IgG subclasses, were evaluated. In 11 of them, IgG2 was not detectable. Total IgG was also slightly decreased in these patients. In control groups, consisting of children before CAPD was started, children treated with hemodialysis, and adult CAPD patients, no clear abnormalities were found. It is concluded that in young patients peritoneal dialysis causes IgG loss leading to IgG2 deficiency.






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