Role of the spleen on the pathogenesis of schistosomal periportal (pipestem) fibrosis of the liver: An experimental approach

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 557-562

  Andrade, Zilton A ^a   Silva, Luciana M ^a   De Souza, Marcia Maria ^a   Sadigursky, Moysés ^a   Barbosa Jr , Aryon ^a   De Oliveira, Irismar Reis ^a  

^a Goncalo Moniz Institute IGM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; CLEMATIS LASIANTHA; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0031756050     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.557     Document Type: Article

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