Adrenocortical hormones and interleukin patterns in paracoccidioidomycosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-127

  Leal, Angela M O ^a   Magalhães, Patrícia K R ^a   Martinez, Roberto ^a   Moreira, Ayrton C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037217730     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345872     Document Type: Article

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