Serum levels of eosinophil cationic protein, eosinophil-derived neurotoxin and myeloperoxidase in infections with filariae and schistosomes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-182

  Tischendorf, F W ^a   Brattig, N W ^a   Buttner D W ^a   Pieper, A ^a   Lintzel, M ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

cationic granule proteins; eosinophil cationic protein; eosinophil derived neurotoxin; helminth disease; myeloperoxidase

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY;

AFRICA; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MONOCYTES; NEUROTOXINS; NEUTROPHILS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PEROXIDASE; RIBONUCLEASES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

VERMES;

EID: 0030590908     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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