Immunologic determinants of disease evolution in localized cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1687-1695

  Louzir, Hechmi ^b   Melby, Peter C ^b   Salah, Afif Ben ^b   Marrakchi, Héla ^b   Aoun, Karim ^b   Ismail, Riadh Ben ^b   Dellagi, Koussay ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TUNISIA;

EID: 0031781615     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515297     Document Type: Article

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