The prevalence of humoral immunodeficiency in refractory rhinosinusitis: A retrospective analysis

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Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 161-166

  Vanlerberghe, L ^a   Joniau, S ^a   Jorissen, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Humoral immunity; Immunodeficiency; Immunoglobulin; Refractory rhinosinusitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL RECORD; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 33847051320     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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