Nephelometry determined serum immunoglobulin isotypes in healthy Thai children aged 2-15 years

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-122

  Sitcharungsi, Raweerat ^a,b   Ananworanich, Jintanat ^c,d   Vilaiyuk, Soamarat ^a   Apornpong, Tanakorn ^c   Bunupuradah, Torsak ^c   Pornvoranunt, Arree ^a   Nouanthong, Phonethipsavanh ^c   Phasomsap, Chayapa ^c   Khupulsup, Kalayanee ^a   Pancharoen, Chitsanu ^d   Puthanakit, Thanyawee ^d   Shearer, William T ^e   Benjaponpitak, Suwat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Children; Immunoglobulin concentration; Nephelometry

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; THAILAND;

EID: 84858217595     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2011.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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