Plasma levels of interleukin-12 (IL-12), interleukin-18 (IL-18) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-430

  Malaguarnera, Lucia ^a   Pignatelli, Salvatore ^a   Simporè, Jacques ^a   Malaguarnera, Mariano ^a   Musumeci, Salvatore ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*

Author keywords

Il 12; IL 18; Plasmodium falciparum; TGF

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; TH1 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036824658     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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