Impact of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis upon endocrine status and its relation with immuno-inflammatory parameters

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-176

  Cárdenas, Graciela ^a   Valdez, Ricardo ^b   Sáenz, Brenda ^c   Bottasso, Oscar ^d   Fragoso, Gladis ^c   Sciutto, Edda ^c   Romano, Marta C ^b   Fleury, Agnès ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hormones; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; HORMONE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARAMETERIZATION; PARASITIC DISEASE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAENIA SOLIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 84856409875     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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