The development of antibody responses in the infant

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 587-590

  Zola, Heddy ^a,b  

^a CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affinity maturation; Infant immune response; Neonatal immune response

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INFANT; NEWBORN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0031418289     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.1997.92     Document Type: Conference Paper

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