Frequency of anti Toxocara antibodies in school children with chronic cough and eosinophilia in Ahwaz, Iran

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-363

  Alavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Sefidgaran, Gholamhossein ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Ahvas Gondey Shapoor Medical Science University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ahwaz; Anti toxocara antibodies; Chronic cough; Eosinophilic

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TOXACARA ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; INTESTINE PARASITE; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 46749113501     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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