Splenic cytokine responses in Indian kala-azar before and after treatment

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 815-819

  Kenney, Richard T ^a   Sacks, David L ^b   Gam, Albert A ^b   Murray, Henry W ^b   Sundar, Shyam ^b  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY GLUCONATE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RNA ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0031910758     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517817     Document Type: Article

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