PMID- 1428592 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19921201 LR - 20190902 IS - 0165-5876 (Print) IS - 0165-5876 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 2 DP - 1992 Sep TI - Serum immunoglobulin E levels in children with chronic tonsillitis. PG - 131-4 AB - Serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels were estimated by ELISA in 50 children with chronic tonsillitis before and after tonsillectomy. When compared with the control group, mean serum IgE concentration was found to be significantly higher in children with chronic tonsillitis (P less than 0.001). After tonsillectomy the levels returned to normal. FAU - Yadav, R S AU - Yadav RS AD - Department of Biochemistry, Medical College, Rohtak, India. FAU - Yadav, S P AU - Yadav SP FAU - Lal, H AU - Lal H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Ireland TA - Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol JT - International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology JID - 8003603 RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Chronic Disease MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin E/*blood MH - Male MH - Tonsillectomy MH - Tonsillitis/*immunology/surgery EDAT- 1992/09/01 00:00 MHDA- 1992/09/01 00:01 CRDT- 1992/09/01 00:00 PHST- 1992/09/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1992/09/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1992/09/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0165-5876(92)90139-G [pii] AID - 10.1016/0165-5876(92)90139-g [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 1992 Sep;24(2):131-4. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(92)90139-g.