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D G Gill

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PubMed1979

Cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulins in children.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) immunoglobulins were measured in 62 normal children, in 9 children with purulent meningitis, and in 10 children with presumptive viral meningitis. The mean values in normal children were IgA 0, IgM 0, and IgG 0.84 +/- 1.4 mg/100 ml (+/- SD). The mean levels of all CSF immunoglobulins were raised in acute bacterial meningitis and were significantly greater than the levels found in viral meningitis. CSF IgM was 0.16 +/- 0.5 mg/100 ml in viral meningitis compared with 2.64 +/- 2.06 mg/100 ml in bacterial meningitis (P less than 0.01). However, these values overlapped to a considerable extent and, generally, measurement of CSF immunoglobulins did not enhance diagnostic accuracy in this group of children.

Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins↗
PubMed1976

Analysis of 100 children with severe and persistent hypertension.

In 100 children with persistent hypertension seen over the past 5 1/2 years the commonest causes of hypertension were chronic glomerulonephritis, reflux nephropathy, coarctation of the aorta, and obstructive uropathy, accounting for some 70% of cases. 17 children have died, but in the remainder hypertension has been controlled by surgery, chronic haemodialysis, or by the use of pharmacological agents. Methyldopa was the commonest drug used, and the children appeared relatively resistant to the side effects of this and of other drugs, even when large doses were used. The improvment is the prognosis of severe hypertension in childhood indicated in this survey is largely due to the availability of chronic haemodialysis and transplantation for end-stage renal disease, but the advances in diagnositc methods and surgical techniques and the introduction of new drugs have also contributed.

Adolescent↗