Serum IL-1ra is elevated in lepromatous leprosy patients

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Fafutis Morris, Mary ^a   Guillen Vargas, Cecilia M ^a   Navarro Fierro, Sergio ^a   Morales Ortiz, Roberto ^a   Armendariz Borunda, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MALE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADULT; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032699608     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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