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Published Resources Details Journal Article

Author
Jose, David G., Ford, Geoffrey W., Welch, John S.
Title
Therapy with Parent's Lymphocyte Transfer Factor in Children with Infection and Malnutrition
In
The Lancet
Imprint
1976, pp. 263-266
Url
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/55583
Abstract

Transfer factor (T.F.) prepared from 5 x 10(8) lymphoid cells from 500 ml of a parent's blood was given to 40 Australian aboriginal children aged 2-46 months who had been in hospital with acute infection. Many had protein-calorie malnutrition. These and a control group of 35 similar children were assessed blind for at least 12 months. In T.F.-treated children there were significantly fewer episodes of diarrhoeal disease for periods in excess of 26 weeks. Recurrent moderate diarrhoeal disease was particularly reduced, and the onset of severe gastroenteritis may have been delayed. There was no protection against chest, middle-ear, or skin infection.

PMID:
55583
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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