Validity of the hygiene hypothesis

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 129-130

  Munoz Lopez F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ATOPY; DENDRITIC CELL; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELPER CELL; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; URBAN AREA; VALIDITY;

EID: 33747209717     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13091036     Document Type: Editorial

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