Effect of Brugia malayi infections on endothelial cells: A morphological study

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-241

  Rao, U R ^a,c   Sutton, E T ^b   Zometa, C S ^a   Vickery, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Brugia malayi; Endothelial cells; Lymphatics; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; C3H MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, NUDE; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0030117559     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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