Low levels of immunoglobulin a in children with intrinsic asthma: A possible protection against atopy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 600-604

  Mandić, Zlatko ^a   Marušić, Matko ^b   Boranić, Milivoj ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; INTRINSIC ASTHMA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TH1 CELL;

EID: 11144355323     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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