An autologous falciparum vaccine using the erythrocyte's band 3 molecule

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 503-504

  Kennedy, James Randall ^a  

^a Manatee Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BAND 3 PROTEIN; MALARIA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL SURFACE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREMATURE AGING; SICKLE CELL; VACCINATION;

ANION EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1, ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77649271142     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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