Immunology of human helminth infection

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Allen, Judith E ^a   Maizels, Rick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergen; Filariasis; Nematode; Schistosomiasis; T helper subset

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTHROPOD; EOSINOPHILIA; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MASTOCYTOSIS; MORBIDITY; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029656202     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237225     Document Type: Article

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