Immune factors in breast milk: A study and review

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-186

  Abdull, Essa M ^a,b   Zaidi, Farah E ^a   Zaidi, Aliya ^a  

^a Dr Essa's Lab   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Colostrum; CRP; Immune factors; Immunoglobulins

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CYANOCOBALAMIN BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; FIBRONECTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOPEROXIDASE; LYSOZYME; MUCIN; MYOGLOBIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN; TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST MILK; CHILDBIRTH; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 22144431546     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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