Induction of hepatic egg granuloma hyporesponsiveness in murine schistosomiasis mansoni by intravenous injection of small doses of soluble egg antigen

APMIS

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 773-783

  Hassanein, Hanaa ^a,c   Akl, Maha ^b   Shaker, Zeinab ^a   El Baz, Hanan ^a   Sharmy, Ragia ^c,d   Rabiae, Ibrahim ^c   Botros, Sanaa ^c  

^a Giza   (Egypt)

^b Imbaba   (Egypt)

^c THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Immunology; Pathology; S. mansoni; Soluble egg antigens

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER GRANULOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WORM EGG;

EID: 0030819166     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb05083.x     Document Type: Article

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