Inverse relationship of plasma prostaglandin E2 and blood mononuclear cell cyclooxygenase-2 with disease severity in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 113-118

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

^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

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GABON; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DINOPROSTONE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GABON; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; ISOENZYMES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035168870     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317660     Document Type: Article

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