Serum IgG subclass levels in a group of healthy Thai children

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-55

  Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; THAILAND;

EID: 7344265051     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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