IgA and IgM determination has been performed in the blood of the umbilical cord of 120 healthy newborn infants at different gestational ages. The utilization of the "Tripartigen Platelets" and "L.C. Partigen" has shown the extreme sensibility of the latter in determining minimum quantities of IgA and IgM.
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