Immunoglobulin-secreting cells in cord blood: Effects of Epstein-Barr virus and interleukin-4

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-24

  Gudmundsson, Kristbjörn Orri ^a   Thorsteinsson, L ^a   Gudmundsson, S ^a   Haraldsson, A ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; FETAL BLOOD; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-4;

EID: 0033053511     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1999.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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