A Patient Enters Your Clinic with a Suspected Helminthic Infection

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient enters your clinic with a suspected helminthic infection. In support of this diagnosis, you suspect elevated levels of which antibody in the patient's serum?

• A) IgG
• B) IgM
• C) IgE
• D) IgD

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