Giardia lamblia infection in immunosuppressed animals causes severe alterations to brush border membrane enzymes

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1147-1152

  Khanna, R ^a   Vinayak, V K ^a   Mehta, S ^a   Kumkum, ^a   Nain, C K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

brush border enzymes; dexamethasone; G. lamblia infection; severe malabsorption; trophozoites counts

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRUSH BORDER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MALABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMAL; DISACCHARIDASES; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICROVILLI; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023793548     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01535792     Document Type: Article

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