Prolactin in the Cestodes, Taenia solium and Taenia hydatigena: An Immunocytochemical Study

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-36

  Liu, Bo ^a   Wakuri, Hidekazu ^b   Mutoh, Ken Ichiro ^b  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Immunocytochemistry; Nervous system; Prolactin; Taenia hydatigena; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; OVIDUCT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TAENIA; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OVIDUCTS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; TAENIA; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030138399     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.73.1_25     Document Type: Article

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