Seroprevalence of Toxocara spp Among Epileptic Patients in Iraq/Basra
Keywords:
Toxocara spp ;Neurotoxocariasis ;Epilepsy; IL- 10 ;IL-6Abstract
To study seroprevalence of Toxocara antibody Immunoglobulin G (IgG)
and epidemiological risk factors as well as assessment the immunological pattern
including cytokines, interleukin-6 (IL6) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) and
immunoglobulin E (IgE) among epileptic patients in Basra province
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