Specific antibody deficiency in children with chronic wet cough

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 478-480

  Lim, Michael Teik Chung ^a   Jeyarajah, Kayathrie ^a   Jones, Philippa ^a   Pandya, Hitesh ^a,b   Doffinger, Rainer ^c   Kumararatne, Dinakantha ^c   Browning, Michael J ^a,b   Gaillard, Erol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84860341376     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300691     Document Type: Article

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