Reduced interleukin-12 and transforming growth factor-β1 in severe childhood malaria: Relationship of cytokine balance with disease severity

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 988-992

  Perkins, Douglas J ^a,b   Weinberg, J Brice ^a   Kremsner, Peter G ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GABON; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GABON; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033823645     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315762     Document Type: Article

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