The expulsion of Echinostoma trivolvis: Worm kinetics and intestinal reactions in C3H/HeN mice treated with dexamethasone

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-259

  Fujino, T ^a   Ichikawa, H ^b   Fried, B ^c   Fukuda, K ^d  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; GOBLET CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINETICS; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS;

EID: 0030931050     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00016011     Document Type: Article

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