The somnogenic T lymphocyte suppressor prostaglandin D2 is selectively elevated in cerebrospinal fluid of advanced sleeping sickness patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 795-799

  Pentreath, V W ^a   Rees, K ^a   Owolabi, O A ^a   Philip, K A ^a   Doua, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Projet de Recherches Cliniques sur la Typanosomiase ^*  (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DINOPROSTONE; HUMAN; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-1; MIDDLE AGE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; SLEEP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0025696564     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90085-S     Document Type: Article

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