Alcohol and immunology: Introduction to and summary of the 2003 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting

Alcohol

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-174

  Kovacs, Elizabeth J ^a   Jerrells, Thomas R ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cytokines; Ethanol; Immune response; Infection; Inflammation; Injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION; INJURY; KUPFFER CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; RESEARCH; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR;

EID: 21644468016     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.06.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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