Isoenzyme profile as parameter to differentiate pathogenic strains of Entamoeba histolytica in Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 407-412

  Barral De Martinez, Ana Maria ^b   Gomes, Maria Aparecida ^b   Da Costa Viana, João ^b   Romanha, Alvaro José ^b   Silva, Edward Felix ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Entamoeba histolytica; Isoenzymatic profiles; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030275635     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651996000600004     Document Type: Article

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