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IgG subclass deficiencies in children: Facts and fiction
Author(s) -
Wahn Volker,
Bernuth Horst
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatric allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1399-3038
pISSN - 0905-6157
DOI - 10.1111/pai.12757
Subject(s) - subclass , medicine , immunology , antibody
The chance to analyse the four IgG subclasses arose with the publication of Terry and Fahey 1 . Since then, a lot of new information on the role of subclasses and their deficiency states in humans has been obtained. This review tries to analyse critically our current knowledge of subclass deficiencies in children.