Mannan binding lectin deficiency and concomitant immunodefects

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-248

  Aittoniemi, J ^a   Baer, M ^a   Soppi, E ^a   Vesikari, T ^b   Miettinen, A ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

IgG subclasses; Immunodeficiency; Mannan binding lectin; Opsonisation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031924880     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.3.245     Document Type: Article

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