Are there any clinical indications for measuring IgG subclasses?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 374-377

  Maguire, G A ^a   Kumararatne, D S ^a   Joyce, H J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; INFECTION RISK; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETANUS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IGG DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036301546     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456302760042678     Document Type: Review

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