The pathogenesis of Chagas' disease: When autoimmune and parasite-specific immune responses meet

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 546-559

  Scares, Milena B P ^a   Pontes De Carvalho, Lain ^a,b   Ribeiro Dos Santos, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Chagas' disease; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Myocarditis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0035654616     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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