Immunopathology of Echinococcosis

Chemical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue , 1997, Pages 177-208

  Gottstein, B ^a   Hemphill, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4;

BRAIN DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEVER; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDATID CYST; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER CYST; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0030889989     PISSN: 10150145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058670     Document Type: Review

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