Allergy and the hygiene hypothesis: The th1/th2 counterregulation can not provide an explanation

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 113, Issue 23-24, 2001, Pages 899-902

  Yazdanbakhsh, M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Helminth infection; IL 10; Malaria; Schistosomiasis; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FC RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DIET; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; CHILD; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0035905350     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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