Maternally acquired varicella-zoster virus antibodies disappear at 6 months of age in prematurely born children [1]

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-156

  Akisu, M ^a   Yalaz, M ^a   Aksu, G ^a   Arslanoglu, S ^a   Genel, F ^a   Kutukculer, N ^a   Kultursay, N ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; PREMATURITY; SAMPLE SIZE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; AGING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERPES ZOSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

AGING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0141595925     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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