Primary antibody deficiency and diagnostic delay

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 546-547

  Seymour, B ^a   Miles, J ^a   Haeney, M ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC DELAY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18444369043     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.016204     Document Type: Review

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