How to evaluate suspected immunodeficiency

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 743-750

  Dizon, Joseph G ^a,d   Goldberg, Bruce J ^a,b   Kaplan, Michael S ^a,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Division of Research Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031797869     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-19981101-10     Document Type: Review

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