Hyperreactive malarious splenomegaly: Immunohistochemical demonstration of Plasmodium falciparum antigen in liver cells

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-430

  Duarte, Maria I S ^a,b   Boulos, Marcos ^a   Segurado, Aluisio A C ^a   Oliveira, Marília S ^a   Araújo, Evaldo S A ^a   Silva, Maria A L G ^a   Pagliari, Carla ^a   Amato Neto, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigen; Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly; Kupffer cells; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KUPFFER CELL; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CELL; LIVER SINUSOID; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030844936     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90267-4     Document Type: Article

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