Zinc status in patients with alveolar echinococcosis is related to disease progression

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 237-241

  Wellinghausen, Nele ^a   Jöchle, Wolfgang ^a   Reuter, Stefan ^a   Flegel, Willy A ^b   Grünert, Adolf ^a   Kern, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Red Cross Blood Bank   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echinococcus; Immunity; Parasite; Zinc

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ZINC;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032934242     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1999.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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