Haemozoin: Identification and quantification

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 161-163

  Sullivan, Amy D ^a   Meshnick, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMOZOIN; INDICATOR; PIGMENT;

MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SHORT SURVEY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029883132     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)40001-1     Document Type: Article

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