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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1984 30(2):69-72; doi:10.1093/tropej/30.2.69
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Serum Protein Pattern in Nigerian Neonates

M. B. Abdurrahman, MB, BS, FRCP(C), FAAP**,, M. K. Raza, MB, BS, DCH*, V. A. O. Ajayi, BSc, ASCP (USA), AMLS (Nigeria)** and W. J. Zakolski, MD**

*Departments of Paediatrics, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital Kaduna, Nigeria
**Chemical Pathology, Ahmadu Bella University Hospital Kaduna, Nigeria

Correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr. M. B. Abdurrahman, Department of Paediatrics, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, P.M.B. 1026, Zaria-Nigeria.

Total serum protein, albumin, and globulin were measured in 125 healthy, normal full-term Nigerian neonates and their mothers. The mean values of total serum protein, albumin and globulin in the male newborn were 64.3 g/l, 44.9 g/l and 18.8 g/l respectively, which were not significantly different from the levels in female babies of 62.5, 45.3 and 17.2 g/l respectively. Compared with their mothers the Nigerian neonates had lower levels of total serum protein, lower levels of globulins but higher albumin/globulin ratio.

The high serum globulins and low serum albumin considered characteristic of the adult Negro are not present at birth.


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