Cytokine expression in the duodenal mucosa of patients with visceral leishmaniasis;Expressão de citocinas na mucosa duodenal de pacientes com leishmaniose visceral

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-395

  Luz, Kleber Giovanni ^a   Tuon, Felipe Francisco ^b   Duarte, Maria Irma Seixas ^b   Maia, Guilherme Mariz ^c   Matos, Paulo ^d   Ramos, Ana Maria de Oliveira ^a   Nicodemo, Antônio Carlos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Infantil Varela Santiago   (Brazil)

^d Getulio Oliveira Sales Med Lab P   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM MUCOSA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE VILLUS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 77958001368     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822010000400011     Document Type: Article

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