Toxocara canis and bronchial asthma;Toxocara canis y asma bronquial

Medicina

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-78

  Lopez, Maria De Los Angeles ^a   Bojanich, Maria V ^a   Jacobacci, Juan M ^b   Sercic, Clara ^b   Michelini, Alicia ^b   Alonso, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Avelino Castelan   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Asthma; Children; Enzyme immunoassay; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ARGENTINA; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 77951260279     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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