Treating inflammatory bowel disease: From helminths to ova

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 627-628

  Bashi, Tomer ^a   Blank, Miri ^a   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colitis; Helminth; Hygiene hypothesis; Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MOUSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DISEASE ERADICATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84908213699     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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