Cytokine production in Hymenolepis nana infection

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 236-240

  Ajami, Aboulghasem ^a   Rafiei, Alireza ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hymenolepis nana; Th1 and Th2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CESTODIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; RANK SUM TEST; SOLID; STUDENT T TEST; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 37249092408     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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