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The previously demonstrated reduction of serum albumin and elevation of gamma globulin and mucoprotein in experimental guinea pig tuberculosis is associated with a slight elevation of total serum hexose which is to the greatest extent accounted for by a slight rise of the carbohydrate containing alpha globulin. No evidence was obtained that the carbohydrate content of this small increment differs from that of the normal alpha globulin. In contrast the marked rise of gamma globulin is associated with an only very small increase of gamma globulin associated carbohydrates. This suggests that the excess gamma globulin in experimental tuberculosis differs from the normal gamma globulin by a very low carbohydrate content and suggests a different nature and possibly a different origin of this increment. The serum protein-bound lipids are not altered in experimental tuberculosis.
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