Analysis of the patterns of inheritance of splenomegaly and serum IgM levels in the Watut of Papua New Guinea.

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Hyperreactive malarious splenomegaly (HMS) reflects abnormal immune responses to malarial infection. The central question is whether HMS results from unusual patterns of malarial infection or from immune incompetence in the host. Family distributions of two features of the syndrome, splenomegaly and excessively high IgM levels, have been examined in a Papau New Guinea population in which HMS is exceptionally...

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