The short-term effect of mustard gas on the serum immunoglobulin levels

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-19

  Keyhani, Abdolhossein ^a   Eslami, Mohammad Bagher ^a   Razavimanesh, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

IgA; IgG; IgM; Mustard gas; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MUSTARD GAS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; SERUM;

ADULT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MUSTARD GAS;

EID: 33847617091     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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