Relationship of serum immunoglobulin and IgG subclass levels to race, ethnicity and behavioral characteristics in HIV infection

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  McGowan, Joseph P ^a,b   Shah, Sanjiv S ^a   Small, Catherine B ^a   Klein, Robert S ^a   Schnipper, Steven M ^a   Chang, C J ^a   Rosenstreich, David L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Immunoglobulin G subclasses; Injection drug use; Serum immunoglobulins

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INJECTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 30944463798     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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