Serum levels of immunoglobulins in children with recurrent otitis media

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 106-109

  Hirata, Cleonice H W ^a,b   Weckx, L L M ^a   Sole D ^a   Figueiredo, C R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Dept Pediat and Otorhinolaryngoly ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Children; Recurrent otitis media; Serum immunoglobulin concentration (IgA, IgM and IgG)

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032958720     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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