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Defective interferon-alpha production in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections. A primary or secondary deficiency?
- Source :
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Bollettino dell'Istituto sieroterapico milanese [Boll Ist Sieroter Milan] 1985; Vol. 64 (4), pp. 328-31. - Publication Year :
- 1985
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Abstract
- Interferon-alpha and -gamma production was assayed in 44 children with recurrent respiratory tract infections, in 9 patients with recurrent stomatitis and in 32 control subjects. A partial, transitory deficiency in interferon-alpha production was found in 2 children with recurrent respiratory tract infections. The deficiency may be either cause or effect of the recurrent infections. Many data support the latter hypothesis.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-2547
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Bollettino dell'Istituto sieroterapico milanese
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4074516