Elevated levels of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) in pleural effusion samples from patients infested with Paragonimus westermani

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 314-318

  Matsumoto, N ^a   Mukae, H ^b   Nakamura Uchiyama, F ^a   Ashitani, J I ^a   Abe, K ^a   Katoh, S ^a   Kohno, S ^b   Nawa, Y ^a   Matsukura, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Eotaxin; Paragonimiasis; Pleural effusion; TARC

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHEMOKINES, CC; CYTOKINES; EMPYEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0036406270     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01985.x     Document Type: Article

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