Cytotoxicity in patients with different clinical forms of Chagas' disease

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 450-455

  Brodskyn, C I ^a   Barral, A ^a   Bulhoes M A ^a   Souto, T ^a   Machado, W C ^a   Barral Netto, M ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c LIMI Ctro Pesq Goncalo Moniz F   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Cytotoxicity; IL 12; Interferon gamma

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 9544231779     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-785.x     Document Type: Article

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