Plasma proteins in children with trichuris dysentery syndrome

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 236-240

  Cooper, Edward S ^a,b   Dan Ramdath, D ^a   Whyte Alleng, Camille ^a   Howell, Sharon ^a   Serjeant, Beryl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Qu Elizabeth Hospital for Children   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Fibronectin; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; GLOBULIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 8044221505     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.3.236     Document Type: Article

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