Interleukin-13 in Iranian patients with visceral leishmaniasis: Relationship to other Th2 and Th1 cytokines

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-88

  Babaloo, Zohreh ^a,d   Kaye, Paul M ^b   Eslami, Mohammad B ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Interferon ; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 13; Interleukin 4; Iran; Leishmania infantum; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RELAPSE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

IRANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035725921     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90344-X     Document Type: Article

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