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[The OKT4/OKT8 ratio in benign monoclonal gammopathies]
L La Rosa1, C Mattoni, M La Rosa
1U.S.S.L. n. 60, Ospedale di Vimercate, Centro Trasfusionale e Laboratorio di Immunoematologia.
Minerva Medica
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
The percentages of OKT 4 helper and OKT 8 suppressor lymphocytes were studied in 58 patients in whom a monoclonal protein was accidentally identified in the absence of any clinical signs of multiple myeloma, macroglobulinaemia, amyloidosis or lymphoma. The patients were aged 32-63 and were followed-up for 6 years. The F test used in this study revealed a statistically significant difference between the healthy controls and the patients with BMG in one of the parameters examined: OKT 8. This produced a statistically significant alteration in the OKT 4/OKT 8 ratio.