IgG subclasses in smokers with chronic bronchitis and recurrent exacerbations

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 445-449

  Qvarfordt, I ^a   Riise, G C ^a   Andersson, B A ^a   Larsson, S ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; IgG subclasses; Recurrent exacerbations; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

COTININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCING CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGG DEFICIENCY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0035018569     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.6.445     Document Type: Article

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