Serum IgG subclasses levels in paediatric patients with pneumonia

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 142-145

  Mazengera, L R ^a   Nathoo, K J ^a   Rusakaniko, S ^a   Zegers, B J M ^b  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0035372405     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v47i6.8604     Document Type: Article

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