Necrosis versus apoptosis as the mechanism of target cell death induced by Entamoeba histolytica

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3615-3621

  Berninghausen, Otto ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

EID: 0030961033     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3615-3621.1997     Document Type: Article

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