Human milk IgA concentrations during the first year of lactation

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-239

  Weaver, Lawrence T ^a,c   Arthur, Helen M L ^a   Bunn, James E G ^b,c   Thomas, Julian E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human milk; Immunoglobulin A; Lactation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031950201     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.3.235     Document Type: Article

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