IgG subclasses in previously healthy adult patients with acute community-acquired pneumonia

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 600-602

  Feldman, Charles ^a   Mahomed, Akhter Goolam ^a   Mahida, Prakash ^a   Morar, Rajen ^a   Schoeman, Alida ^a   Mpe, John ^a   Burgin, Susan ^a   Kuschke, Reverie H ^a   Wadee, Ahmed ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGG DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030133316     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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