Mastitis and immunological factors in breast milk of lactating women in Malawi

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 671-674

  Semba, Richard D ^a,d   Kumwenda, Newton ^b   Taha, Taha E ^b   Hoover, Donald R ^b   Lan, Yin ^a   Eisinger, Ward ^a   Mtimavalye, Laban ^c   Broadhead, Robin ^c   Miotti, Paolo G ^b   Van Der Hoeven, Len ^b   Chiphangwi, John D ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; RANTES; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTATION; MALAWI; MASTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032850330     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.5.671-674.1999     Document Type: Article

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