Humoral immunity and bronchiectasis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 325-330

  Stead, A ^a   Douglas, J G ^b   Broadfoot, C J ^b   Kaminski, E R ^c   Herriot, R ^b  

^a Aberdeen College   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody deficiency; Bronchiectasis; Haemophilus influenzae; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BRONCHIECTASIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036407052     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01974.x     Document Type: Article

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