The pattern of change in salivary immunoglobulins and antibodies to S. mitis and S. oralis in children undergoing bone marrow transplantation: Use of an indirect method of assessment

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 545-550

  Lucas, V S ^a,b   Marchant, S ^c   Challacombe, S J ^c   Roberts, G J ^a,b   Beighton, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial antibodies; Salivary immunoglobulins; Transplants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032848716     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701968     Document Type: Article

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