Onchocerca volvulus: Immunohistochemical and immunoelectron microscopical distribution of a polyamine oxidizing enzyme

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 472-481

  Gutiérrez Peña, Enrique J ^a   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a   Müller, Sylke ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Immunolocalization; Onchocerca volvulus; Polyamine oxidase

Indexed keywords

AMOCARZINE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; POLYAMINE OXIDASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030986748     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00170.x     Document Type: Article

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