Association of HCMV specific IgG subclass antibody levels with gender and age

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 472-475

  Simon, Benedikt ^a   Kundi, Michael ^a   Puchhammer Stöckl, Elisabeth ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

AB(s); Age; Gender; Human cytomegalovirus; IgG subclass antibodies; IgG titers

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 84875632901     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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