Follow-up of pediatric patients with recurrent infection and mild serologic immune abnormalities

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 460-464

  Herrod, Henry G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION;

EID: 0030834411     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63044-X     Document Type: Article

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