Age-related pattern of immunoglobulins G, A and M in children born to HIV-seropositive women

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-87

  Moodley, D ^a,c   Coovadia, H M ^a   Bobat, R A ^a   Gouws, E ^b   Munsamy, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031059097     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747868     Document Type: Article

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