Serum and urine Helicobacter pylori antibody titer after intravenous γ-globulin treatment for Kawasaki disease and its clearance

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-174

  Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a   Yarita, Yukiko ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoshikazu ^a   Nagata, Satoru ^a   Obinata, Kaoru ^a   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

globulin; Antibody; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays; Helicobacter pylori; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SULFONATED IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; URINE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 17444424179     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02037.x     Document Type: Article

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