Raised levels of immunoglobulins in serum of hypertensive patients.

In a series of 84 hypertensive patients, 50 men and 34 women, the levels of serum immunoglobulins were examined. Levels of the immunoglobulins were found to be increased in about 30 per cent of the patients. The study supports the view that immunological factors are involved in at least some cases of essential hypertension. The antigens against which the immunoglobulins are directed have not yet been identified.

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