HLA and alveolar echinococcosis

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-129

  Eiermann, T H ^a,e   Bettens, F ^b   Tiberghien, P ^c   Schmitz, K ^a   Beurton, I ^c   Bresson Hadni, S ^c   Ammann, R W ^d   Goldmann, S F ^a   Vuitton, D A ^c   Gottstein, B ^b   Kern, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disease association; Echinococcosis; HLA DR11; MHC polymorphism; Parasites

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA SYSTEM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 7344236229     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb02275.x     Document Type: Article

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