Serum Immunoglobulin G and Risk of Exacerbations and Hospitalizations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Publication date: Available online 27 April 2017
Source:Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Author(s): Fernando Sergio Leitao Filho, Seung Won Ra, Andre Mattman, Robert S. Schellenberg, Nick Fishbane, Gerard J. Criner, Prescott G. Woodruff, Stephen C. Lazarus, Richard Albert, John E. Connett, Meilan K. Han, Fernando J. Martinez, Janice M. Leung, S.F. Paul Man, Shawn D. Aaron, Robert M. Reed, Don D. Sin

Teaser

Hypogammaglobulinemia (total IgG levels < 7.0 g/L) is present in 1 in 4 patients with moderate to severe COPD and is associated with 50% to 100% increase in the risk of exacerbations and hospitalizations.


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