Malaria as a possible evolutionary cause of allergy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-189

  Bottini, N ^b   Ronchetti, M P ^b   Gloria Bottini, F ^b   Fontana, L ^a  

^a S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ACP1; Adenosine deaminase; Allergy; cLMW PTP; Haptoglobin; Malaria resistance

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HAPTOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALARIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033062540     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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