Human salivary immunoglobulin and antigen-specific antibody activity after tonsillectomy

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 265-269

  Childers, N K ^a,c   Powell, W D ^a   Tong, G ^a   Kirk, K ^a   Wiatrak, B ^a   Michalek, S M ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen I II; Glucosyltransferase; Oral immunity; Salivary antibodies; Secretory IgA; Streptococcus mutans; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CARRIER PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEINS; GLUCAN-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LECTIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LECTINS; MALE; SALIVA; TETANUS TOXOID; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0034840785     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2001.016005265.x     Document Type: Article

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