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Editorial| Volume 86, ISSUE 1, P3-5, January 1992

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass levels in respiratory disorders

  • C. Feldman
    Correspondence
    To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Medicine, University of Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, York Road, Parktown, 2193, South Africa.
    Affiliations
    Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine Hillbrow and Johannesburg Hospitals and Department of Immunology School of Pathology SouthAfrican Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand South Africa
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  • A. Wadee
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    Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine Hillbrow and Johannesburg Hospitals and Department of Immunology School of Pathology SouthAfrican Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand South Africa
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  • C. Smith
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    Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine Hillbrow and Johannesburg Hospitals and Department of Immunology School of Pathology SouthAfrican Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand South Africa
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  • S. Zwi
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    Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine Hillbrow and Johannesburg Hospitals and Department of Immunology School of Pathology SouthAfrican Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand South Africa
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0954-6111(06)80140-X
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