Does the mechanism of protection from falciparum malaria by red cell genetic disorders involve a switch to a balanced T(H)1/T(H)2 cytokine production mode?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-17

  Bayoumi, R A L ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC DISORDER; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THALASSEMIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031015685     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90017-7     Document Type: Article

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