The response to intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy in patients with asthma with specific antibody deficiency

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-58

  Schwartz, Howard J ^a   Hostoffer, Robert W ^a   McFadden Jr , E Regis ^a   Berger, Melvin ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ASTHMA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IGG DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 33645127681     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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