Dependence of eosinophil granulocyte infiltration into nodules on the presence of microfilariae producing Onchocerca volvulus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-124

  Wildenburg, G ^a   Kromer M ^a   Buttner D W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0030050625     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050081     Document Type: Article

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