Chagas' disease and the autoimmunity hypothesis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 210-223

  Kierszenbaum, Felipe ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; TISSUE ANTIGEN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032890779     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.12.2.210     Document Type: Review

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