Immunoglobulin E deficiency: A forgotten clue pointing to possible immunodeficiency?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-461

  Unsworth, David J ^a   Virgo, Paul F ^a   Lock, Robert J ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84855169559     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011052     Document Type: Article

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