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The W.O. Frohring Family Resource Center
Part of Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, this center has a resource library with information on parenting, breastfeeding, sibling relationships and much more. Materials may be borrowed for a limited time within the hospital, and copying services are available.

Patients who have recently given birth at MacDonald Women’s Hospital find the library to be an excellent source on topics relating to newborns and their parents. The Frohring Family Resource Center supports a caring and effective partnership between families and their healthcare team by providing general assistance on baby care and health-related issues. You can learn more about the Center on the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital website. Community residents are also welcome to visit or call the center for information.

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This is poisoning from taking too much of the drug imipramine, an antidepressant.
Review Date: 3/17/2006

Immune hemolytic anemia is a disorder characterized by anemia due to premature destruction of red blood cells by the immune system.
Review Date: 11/2/2006

The immune response is how your body recognizes and defends itself against bacteria, viruses, and substances that appear foreign and harmful to the body.
Review Date: 7/19/2007

Immunization (vaccination) is a way to trigger your immune system and prevent serious, life-threatening diseases.
Review Date: 10/23/2007

Immunodeficiency disorders occur when the body's immune response is reduced or absent.See also: Autoimmune disorders
Review Date: 5/30/2007

A test that compares the clearance (for example, the rate that the kidneys excrete and clear the bloodstream) of IgG (an antibody), versus the clearance of transferrin (an iron-transport protein). The comparison is done using mathematical calculations after immunoelectrophoresis of serum and immunoelectrophoresis of urine. See immunoelectrophoresis - serum and immunoelectrophoresis - urine.
Review Date: 10/27/2005

Serum immunoelectrophoresis is a test that tells whether or not you have immunoglobulins in the blood. Immunoglobulins are proteins that make antibodies. The proteins can be abnormal. There are various types of immunoglobulins. If you do have these proteins, this test can also help identify what specific type they are.
Review Date: 4/1/2007

Urine immunoelectrophoresis is a test that tells whether or not you have immunoglobulins in the urine.Immunoglobulins are proteins that make antibodies. The proteins can be abnormal.
Review Date: 3/8/2007

Serum immunofixation is a laboratory technique used to identify proteins or antibodies in blood.
Review Date: 3/22/2007

Urine immunofixation is a laboratory technique used to identify proteins in urine.
Review Date: 3/14/2007

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