Opisthorchis viverrini: Effect of praziquantel on the adult tegument

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 304-311

  Apinhasmit, Wandee ^a   Sobhon, Prasert ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ANTIPLATYHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; MICROFILAMENT; OPISTHORCHIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPLATYHELMINTIC AGENTS; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPISTHORCHIS; PRAZIQUANTEL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030154237     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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