The relationship between immunological responsiveness controlled by T-helper 2 lymphocytes and infections with parasitic helminths

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 33-44

  Pritchard, D I ^a   Hewitt, C ^a   Moqbel, R ^b  

^a Centre for the Mechanisms of Human Toxicity   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 25044451266     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001996     Document Type: Article

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