Passive immunity of premature infants against measles during early infancy

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1254-1257

  Ozbek S ^a   Vural, M ^a,b   Tastan, Y ^a   Kahraman, I ^a   Perk, Y ^a   Ilter, O ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nisantasi Ihlamur Yolu   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immunity; Infants; Measles; Premature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032703742     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352599750030383     Document Type: Article

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