Variation of cytokine patterns related to therapeutic response in diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-194

  Bomfim, Glória ^a   Nascmento, Cristiane ^b   Costa, Jackson ^b   Carvalho, Edgar M ^c   Barral Netto, Manoel ^d   Barral, Aldina ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^d Department of Pathology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ANTIMONY GLUCONATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PENTAMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0030298111     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0104     Document Type: Article

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