Reduced serum levels of vitamin A affect morbidity and mortality in measles. The authors' newly diagnosed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (n = 21) and age-matched control groups (n = 20) had mean serum beta-carotene levels of 1.12 +/- 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs an antihelmintic and Th1-biased immunostimulant, levamisole has been used to restore impaired cell mediated immunity. We sought to explore whether the Th1 driving effect of levamisole may also have an influence on the course of allergic diseases, by shifting the Th2 dominant immunity more toward Th1-mediated response. BALB/c mice were sensitized intraperitoneally on days 0, 7, and 15 with ovalbumin (OVA).
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