Clinical assessment and management of abnormal IgA levels

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-282

  Schaffer, Frederick M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b National Allergy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; NEPHELOMETRY; NODULAR LYMPHOMATOSIS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 40849086358     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60454-1     Document Type: Article

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