Diagnosis of human sarcocystis infection from biopsies of the skeletal muscle

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-282

  Mehrotra, Ravi ^a   Bisht, Deepti ^a   Singh, P A ^a   Gupta, S C ^a   Gupta, Raj K ^b  

^a MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Muscle biopsy; Sarcocystis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOSITIS; SARCOCYSTIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030437459     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169164     Document Type: Article

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