Serum immunoglobulins and IgG subclasses in SS patients with Saudi Arabia/India haplotype

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-188

  Adekile, A D ^a   Haider, M Z ^a   Serebour, F ^a   Al Zaabi, K ^b   Tuli, M ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

IgG subclasses; Saudi Arabia India haplotype; Serum immunoglobulins; Sickle cell anemia; Spleen function

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCINTIGRAPHY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN FUNCTION;

EID: 0032869961     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026090     Document Type: Article

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