Clinical features and follow-up of Chinese patients with symptomatic hypogammaglobulinemia in infancy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1877-1883

  Qian, Ji Hong ^a   Zhu, Jian Xing ^a   Zhu, Xiao Dong ^a   Chen, Tong Xin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Follow up; Hypogammaglobulinemia; Immunoglobulin normalization; Infant; Primary immune deficiency; Transient Hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHINESE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA OF INFANCY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 70349557784     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.16.008     Document Type: Article

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