Primary antibody deficiency in Arabs: First report from Eastern Saudi Arabia

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 368-371

  Al Attas, Rabab A ^a,b   Rahi, Amjad H S ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Immunology ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Agammaglobulinemia; Arabia; CVID; IgA deficiency; Primary antibody deficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IGG DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031690468     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023247117133     Document Type: Article

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