Prevalence of selective immunoglobulin a deficiency in healthy Turkish school children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 364-368

  Baştürk, Bilkay ^a   Sari, Sinan ^a   Aral, Arzu ^a   Dalgiç, Buket ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Immunoglobulin a deficiency; Incidence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEPHELOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 80054101478     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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