Eosinophilia, parasite burden and lung damage in Toxocara canis infection in C57B1/6 mice genetically deficient in IL-5

Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 511-517

  Takamoto, M ^a,b   Ovington, K S ^a   Behm, C A ^a   Sugane, K ^b   Young, I G ^a   Matthaei, K I ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; LUNG INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0030953843     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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