Primary immunodeficiency diseases at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1684-1688

  Eley, B S ^a   Hughes, J ^a   Cooper, M ^a   Pienaar, S ^a   Beatty, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CHILD; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031299253     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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