Reply to Vani et al

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 482-483

  Zeng, Gucheng ^a   Huang, Den ^a   Chen, Crystal Y ^a   Shen, Ling ^b   Wang, Richerd R ^a   Chen, Zheng W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 67650682181     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599844     Document Type: Letter

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