Natural history of selective antibody deficiency to bacterial polysaccharide antigens in children

Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-191

  Wolpert, Joshua ^a   Knutsen, Alan P ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032413756     PISSN: 08831874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pai.1998.12.183     Document Type: Article

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