Skeletal muscle pathology in mice experimentally infected with Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-526

  Tonino, Paola ^a,c   Finol, H J ^a   Marquez, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Experimental myositis; Skeletal muscle; Toxoplasma gondii; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030254910     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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