Immunogenetic analysis of post-schistosomal liver fibrosis

Parasitology International

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-196

  Hirayama, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; HLA; Liver fibrosis; Microsatellite; Schistosoma japonicum; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA DR5 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 13; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; CHINA; CHROMOSOME; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-13; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TH2 CELLS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 1842634458     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2004.01.008     Document Type: Review

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