Electron microscopical investigation of surface alterations on Giardia lamblia trophozoites after exposure to a cytotoxic monoclonal antibody

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 206-210

  Hemphill, A ^a   Stager, S ^a   Gottstein, B ^a   Muller N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CYTOTOXIC ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL MEMBRANE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0029989259     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050096     Document Type: Article

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