IFNγ production in peripheral blood of early Lyme disease patientstohLFAαL (aa326-345)

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-6

  Gomes Solecki, Maria J C ^a,c   Wormser, Gary P ^b   Dattwyler, Raymond J ^c  

^a Brook Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN ALPHAL[326-345]; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN AB31[164-183]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYME DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

EID: 34248326873     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-3-25     Document Type: Article

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