Pathogen-specific IgG antibody levels in immunodeficient patients receiving immunoglobulin replacement do not provide additional benefit to therapeutic management over total serum IgG

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1410-1411

  Chua, Ignatius ^a   Lagos, Macarena ^b   Charalambous, Bambos M ^a   Workman, Sarita ^a   Chee, Ronnie ^a   Grimbacher, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIBODY; PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHEST INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOMETRY; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY ANTIBODY DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANTIBODY DEFICIENCY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 79957828895     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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