Immunoglobulin deficiency and determination of pneumococcal antibody titers in patients with therapy-refractory recurrent rhinosinusitis

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 256, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 445-449

  May, A ^a   Zielen, S ^b   Von Ilberg, C ^a   Weber, A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; IgG subclasses; Immunodeficiency; Pneumococcal antibody titers; Therapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0032701157     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050050186     Document Type: Article

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