Urticaria as symptom of parasite migration through the biological Barriers

Open Allergy Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Bakiri, Alketa Hysni ^a   Mingomataj, Çerçiz Ervin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b Mother Theresa School of Medicine   (Albania)

Author keywords

Eosinophil attraction; Host behavior; Parasites life cycle; Th1 Th2 response; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANISAKIS; ASCARIS; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELPER CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; NECATOR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCHISTOSOMA; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TH2 CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS; URTICARIA;

EID: 80053535543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18748384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874838401104010001     Document Type: Review

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