The role of helminth infections in protection from atopic disorders

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 386-391

  Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^a   Wahyuni, Sitti ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Developing countries; Helminths; Immune suppression; Infection intensity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 25144488060     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000182541.52971.eb     Document Type: Review

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