A novel hypothesis to explain the hemorrhagic and connective tissue manifestations of Ebola virus infection

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-306

  Tilson, M David ^a,b   Ozsvath, Kathleen J ^a,b   Hirose, Hitoshi ^a,b   Xia, Shichao ^a,b   Lahita, Robert ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030560959     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1996.0193     Document Type: Article

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