Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 6 , Pages 687-691 , November 2003

Serum cytokine profiles in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria: A comparison between those who presented with and without hepatic dysfunction

  • Joon-Sup Yeom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Pyung-Dong 108, Jongro-Ku, Seoul 110-746, Republic of Korea
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  • Se-Ho Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Pyung-Dong 108, Jongro-Ku, Seoul 110-746, Republic of Korea
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  • Seung-Ho Ryu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea
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  • Hae-Kyung Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology,College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mok-6-Doug 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea
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  • So-Youn Woo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology,College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mok-6-Doug 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea
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  • Eun-Hee Ha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mok-6-Doug 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea
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  • Bo-Eun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mok-6-Doug 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea
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  • Kwon Yoo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mok-6-Doug 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea
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  • Joo-Ho Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mok-6-Doug 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710,Republic of Korea
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  • Kwang-Ho Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Gachon Medical School, Kuwol-l-Dong 1198, Namdong-Gu, Inchon 405-760, Republic of Korea
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  • Sunhil Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Gachon Medical School, Kuwol-l-Dong 1198, Namdong-Gu, Inchon 405-760, Republic of Korea
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  • Young-A Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Gachon Medical School, Kuwol-l-Dong 1198, Namdong-Gu, Inchon 405-760, Republic of Korea
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  • Sun-Young Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Gachon Medical School, Kuwol-l-Dong 1198, Namdong-Gu, Inchon 405-760, Republic of Korea
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  • Sejoong Oh

      Affiliations

    • Korean Armed Forces Medical Command, Yool-Dong, Boondang-Gu, Seongnam, Kyonggi-Do463-040, Republic of Korea
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  • Hyung-Joo Park

      Affiliations

    • Korean Armed Forces Medical Command, Yool-Dong, Boondang-Gu, Seongnam, Kyonggi-Do463-040, Republic of Korea
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  • Gi-Sik Min

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Yonghyun-Dong 253, Nam-Gu, Inchon 402-751, Republic of Korea
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  • Ju-Young Seoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology,College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mok-6-Doug 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddresses for correspondence: Dr Ju-Young Seoh, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mok-6-Dong 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, South Korea; phone +82 22 650 5738, fax +82 22 653 8891
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  • Jae-Won Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Gachon Medical School, Kuwol-l-Dong 1198, Namdong-Gu, Inchon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr Jae-Won Park, Department of Microbiology, Gachon Medical School, 1198, Kuwol-1-Dong, Namdong-Gu, Inchon 405-760, South Korea; phone +82 32 460 2184, fax + 82 32 930 5088

Received 9 October 2002 ,Revised 24 March 2003 ,Accepted 3 April 2003.

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