Do helminths play a role in carcinogenesis?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 172-175

  Herrera, Luis A ^a   Ostrosky Wegman, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETIC INSTABILITY; GENETICS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

VERMES;

EID: 0035306654     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(00)01942-5     Document Type: Review

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