Immunological and clinical profile of adult patients with selective immunoglobulin subclass deficiency: Response to intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-350

  Abrahamian, F ^a   Agrawal, S ^a   Gupta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

IgG3; Immunodeficiency; Infections; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Subclass

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; INTERLEUKIN 5; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN; TETANUS TOXOID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUMPS; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY BURST; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS; ASTHMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGG DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOGENS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 74549222596     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.04062.x     Document Type: Article

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