The basis of IgE responses to specific antigenic determinants in helminthiasis

Chemical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-25

  Lobos, Edgar ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HELPER CELL; MEGAKARYOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030934653     PISSN: 10150145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058671     Document Type: Review

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