Immunologic evaluation of patients with recurrent ear, nose, and throat infections

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 385-392

  Aghamohammadi, Asghar ^a   Moin, Mostafa ^a   Karimi, Alireza ^b   Naraghi, Mohsen ^b   Zandieh, Fariborz ^a   Isaeian, Anna ^a   Tahaei, Amir ^a   Talaei Khoei, Mojtaba ^a   Kouhi, Ali ^b   Abdollahzade, Sina ^a   Pouladi, Nima ^a   Heidari, Golnaz ^a   Amirzargar, Ali Akbar ^c   Rezaei, Nima ^a   Sazgar, Amir Arvin ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EAR INFECTION; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHELOMETRY; NOSE INFECTION; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IGG DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849442673     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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