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Nodding syndrome is unlikely to be an autoimmune reaction to leiomodin-1 after infection by Onchocerca volvulus

Nodding syndrome is a neurological disease of children in northern Uganda. Infection with the nematode parasite Onchocerca volvulus has been epidemiologically implicated as the cause of the disease. It has been proposed that an autoantibody directed against the human protein leiomodin-1 cross reacts...

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Autores principales: Kodja, Kenneth G., Onzivua, Sylvester, Kitara, David L., Fong, Amanda, Kim, Patrick, Pollanen, Michael S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10439352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37601452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101498