Influence of gestational age on cord blood immunogilobulin and complement levels

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-46

  Kumar, Ashok ^a,b   Jauhari, Praveen ^a   Singh, Usha ^a   Singla, P N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY;

COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES;

EID: 0029689480     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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