Amoebapores

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 178-183

  Leippe, Matthias ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; CYTOLYSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0030950248     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01038-7     Document Type: Review

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