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eosinophilia: significance?

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

There are very few studies on the effect of helminths on humans. As a patient trying this therapy, there are few immune markers we have on hand to check immune response. We have measures of inflammation, like CRP and SED rates, but only in the research setting can one measure IL-10, [...]

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Nottingham’s Trial Notes

Friday, January 23, 2009

Just found the on-line protocol for the Crohn’s study at Nottingham University. For those of you with Crohn’s experimenting with hookworms, though most of the immune blood tests will be unavailable to us, it might be nice to follow some of the other protocol. The CRP and SED rate are taken at baseline, [...]

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