Natural history of serum immunoglobulin concentrations in low birth weight infants and association with respiratory tract infections

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 159-165

  Sierig, Gabriele ^a   Labitzke, Birgit ^a   Diez, Ulrike ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a   Borte, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulins; Low birth weight infants; Prematurity; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036418442     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063614     Document Type: Article

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