Immunopathology of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL): T-cell phenotypes and cytokine profile

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 615-622

  Ismail, Ahmed ^c   El Hassan, Ahmed M ^d   Kemp, Kåre ^a   Gasim, Soha ^d   Kadaru, Abd El Gadir M Y ^b   Møller, Torsten ^a   Kharazmi, Arsalan ^a   Theander, Thor G ^d  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b Tropical Diseases Hospital   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immune responses; Immunopathology; Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis; Skin; T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032716988     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199912)189:4<615::AID-PATH466>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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