Serum ferritin, α-tocopherol, β-carotene and retinol levels in lymphatic filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-156

  Friis, Henrik ^a,b   Kæstel, Pernille ^a   Nielsen, Nina ^b   Simonsen, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Ascaris lumbricoides trichiura; Elephatiasis; Ferritin; Filariasis; Hookworm; Hydrocoele; Iron; Microfilarie; Retinol; Schistosoma haematobium; Tanzania; Vitamin A; Vitamin E; Wuchereria bancrofti; 1 antichymotrypsin; tocopherol; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN; IRON; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FILARIASIS; GENDER; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORM EGG; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NEMATODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 18444366174     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90287-7     Document Type: Article

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