Immunobiological consequences of sulfur mustard contamination

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 101-108

  Hassan, Zuhair Mohammad ^a   Ebtekar, Massoumeh ^a   Ghanei, Mostafa ^b   Taghikhani, Mohammad ^a   Daloii, Mohammad Reza Noori ^c   Ghazanfari, Tooba ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b University of Baghiat Allah   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare; Hematological complications; Immune response; Immunopotentiation; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHLORMETHINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MUSTARD GAS;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANEMIA; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IRAN; LEUKOPENIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTIBODIES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKOPENIA; MUSTARD GAS;

EID: 33750072301     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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