Transplacental transfer of measles antibody in Delhi

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1187-1191

  Singh, Jagvir ^a   Khare, Shashi ^a   Prabha, Shashi ^a   Chandra, Rashmi ^a   Jain, D C ^a   Bhatia, Rajesh ^a   Sokhey, Jotna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Measles antibody; Transplacental transfer of antibody

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MATERNAL AGE; MEASLES VIRUS; NEWBORN; PARITY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEMAGGLUTINATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MEASLES VIRUS; PARITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032250842     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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