Spectrum of antibody deficiency disorders with normal or near-normal immunoglobulin levels

Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-62

  Knutsen, Alan P ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pediatric Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENE PRODUCT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDUCIBLE COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POKEWEED MITOGEN; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TETANUS TOXOID; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; TRANSMEMBRANE ACTIVATOR AND CALCIUM MODULATOR AND CYTOPHILIN LIGAND INTERACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONISAMIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLOTYPE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE DELETION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEZELOF SYNDROME; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 33645958560     PISSN: 08831874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pai.2006.19.51     Document Type: Review

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