Reduced expression of the interferon-gamma messenger RNA in IgG2 deficiency

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-230

  Kondo, N ^a   Inoue, R ^a   Kasahara, K ^a   Fukao, T ^a   Kaneko, H ^a   Tashita, H ^a   Teramoto, T ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031025697     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-387.x     Document Type: Article

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