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Abstract


Total serum proteins and its major fractions, albumin and globulins, were estimated in 700 infants from birth to 18 months of age, in relation to age, sex and dietary pattern. The values of total serum proteins and albumin showed a gradual increase with age. No difference was evident between two sexes. Serum globulins, however, were high at birth and showed a decrease at the age of 3 months, after which they increased and an adult level was attained at the age of 18 months.
Completely breast.fed infants had a significantly higher total serum proteins and albumin at the age of 3 and 6 months than artificially fed infants but no such difference was found in serum globulins level in same age groups (JMPA 37: 251 1987).