The role of complement in the acute inflammatory process in the skin and in host-parasite interaction in hamsters inoculated with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-24

  Laurenti, M D ^a   Corbett, C E P ^a   Sotto, M N ^a   Sinhorini, I L ^a   Goto, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute inflammation; Complement system; Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi; Pathogenesis; Pathology; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029926106     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.1996.958096.x     Document Type: Article

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