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IgE level in Saudi Arabia
1College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Faisai University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Allergie Et Immunologie
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
IgE level was studied in Saudi patients attending the outpatient clinics or admitted into King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khober, Saudi Arabia: with diseases of allergy namely bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and urticaria. Over the 4 years period (1982-1986) 148 patients were studied. There were 86 (58%) males and 62 (42%) females. The age distribution showed a peak in the 20-29 age group who constituted 43% of the patients seen. IgE-level was raised in 57% of patients but was within normal limits in 43%. In Saudis IgE levels are not raised in all cases presenting with diseases of allergy.