Distribution of IgG subclasses in antimonial unresponsive indian kala- azar patients

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 408-413

  Chatterjee, M ^a   Basu, K ^b   Basu, D ^b   Bannerjee, D ^b   Pramanik, N ^b   Guha, S K ^b   Goswami, R P ^b   Saha, S K ^b   Mandal, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimonial unresponsiveness; IgG subclasses; Kala azar

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY GLUCONATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 0031736385     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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