Adenosine deaminase activity in sera of patients with visceral leishmaniasis in India

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 135-138

  Tripathi, Kiran ^a   Kumar, Ramesh ^a   Bharti, Kalpana ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^a   Shrivastav, RajKamal ^a   Sundar, Shyam ^b   Pai, Kalpana ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

ADA; Kala azar; Leishmania; VL

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 37249035718     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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