The mechanism of diarrhea in HIV is based on an impaired epithelial barrier function that could be induced by a specific cytokine pattern

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 859, Issue , 1998, Pages 267-270

  Stockmann, Martin ^a   Schmitz, Heinz ^a   Fromm, Michael ^b   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^a   Rokos, Katharina ^c   Pauli, Georg ^c   Scholz, Peter ^d   Riecken, Ernst otto ^a   Schulzke, Jörg Dieter ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032406513     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11143.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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