Increase in CD23+ B cells in infants with bronchiolitis is accompanied by appearance of IgE and IgG4 antibodies specific for respiratory syncytial virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-37

  Rabatić, Sabina ^a   Gagro, Alenka ^b   Lokar Kolbas, Renata ^b   Kršulović Hrešić, Vilka ^b   Vrtar, Zvonimir ^b   Popow Kraupp, Therese ^b   Draženović, Vladimir ^b   Mlinarić Galinović, Gordana ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Croatia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031026201     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.1.32     Document Type: Article

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