Frequency of lower respiratory tract infections in relation to adaptive immunity in children with Down syndrome compared to their healthy siblings

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 862-867

  Broers, Chantal J M ^a   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^a   Weijerman, Michel E ^a   Kuik, Dirk J ^a   Van Hoogstraten, Ingrid M W ^a   Van Furth, A Marceline ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Immunoglobulins; NKT cells; Regulatory T cells; Respiratory tract infections; T cells

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RATE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIBLING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84863845400     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02696.x     Document Type: Article

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