Neuropathy of gastrointestinal Chagas' disease: Immune response to myelin antigens

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-62

  Oliveira, Elaine C ^a   Fujisawa, Márcia M ^a   Hallal Longo, Dannie E M ^a   Farias, Alessandro S ^a   Contin Moraes, Juliana ^a   Guariento, Maria Elena ^a   De Almeida, Eros Antônio ^a   Saad, Mario José A ^a   Langone, Francesco ^a   Toyama, Marcos H ^b   Andreollo, Nelson A ^a   Santos, Leonilda M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Myelin basic protein; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 57449093438     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000179667     Document Type: Article

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