Temporal recruitment of neutrophils and eosinophils to the skin in a murine model for onchocercal dermatitis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-18

  Pearlman, Eric ^a   Garhart, Christine A ^a   Grand, David J ^a   Diaconu, Eugenia ^a   Strine, Ellen R ^a   Hall, Laurie R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; EAR; EOSINOPHIL; HELMINTH; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0032789493     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.14     Document Type: Article

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