The protective effect of breast feeding in relation to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): III. Detection of IgA antibodies in human milk that bind to bacterial toxins implicated in SIDS

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Gordon, Ann E ^a   Saadi, Abdulrahman T ^a   MacKenzie, Doris A C ^a   Molony, Neil ^a   James, Valerie S ^a   Weir, Donald M ^a   Busuttil, Anthony ^a   Blackwell, C Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Immunoglobulin A; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0033017897     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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