Salivary IgA and IgE levels in healthy subjects: Relation to age and gender

Brazilian Oral Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Jafarzadeh, Abdollah ^a   Sadeghi, Mostafa ^a   Karam, Gholamreza Asadi ^a   Vazirinejad, Reza ^a  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult; Child; Immunoglobulin A; Immunoglobulin E; Saliva

Indexed keywords

CD79B ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955525054     PISSN: 18068324     EISSN: 18073107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-83242010000100004     Document Type: Article

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