The assessment and management of primary antibody deficiency

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1195, 2004, Pages

  Empson, Marianne ^a   Sinclair, Jan ^d   O'Donnell, John ^c   Ameratunga, Rohan ^a   Fitzharris, Penny ^b   Steele, Richard ^e  

^a University Hospital Auckland   (New Zealand)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^d STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FATALITY; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN; PRION DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 3543026867     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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