Immunological follow-up of hydatid cyst cases

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 669-671

  Bulut, Vedat ^a   Ilhan, Fulya ^a   Yucel, Ahmet Yasar ^a   Onal, Suleyman ^a   Ilhan, Yavuz ^a   Godekmerdan, Ahmet ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydatid cyst; Immune system

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0035407349     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000500015     Document Type: Article

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