Effect of age on immunoglobulin: A subclass distribution in human parotid saliva

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 298-301

  Childers, Noel K ^a   Greenleaf, C ^a   Li, F ^a   Dasanayake, A P ^a   Powell, W D ^a   Michalek, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Humans; IgA; Saliva

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUTH CAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVA;

EID: 0043239143     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2003.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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