Ultrastructure of the tegument of the trematode Ganeo tigrinum parasitizing the intestine of Indian frogs

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-142

  Sharma, P N ^c   Rai, N ^a   Brennan, G P ^b  

^a M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FROG; GLYCOCALYX; INTESTINE PARASITE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREMATODE; WORM TEGUMENT;

EID: 0029934245     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015297     Document Type: Article

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