Parasites and asthma/allergy: What is the relationship?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 2 II, 2000, Pages 205-210

  Weiss, Scott T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Genetics; Helminths; IgE; Parasites

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033976527     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(00)90067-8     Document Type: Article

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