The immunosuppressive compound FK506 does not affect expulsion of Echinostoma trivolvis in C3H mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 519-521

  Fujino, T ^a   Ichikawa, H ^b   Fried, B ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CERCARIA; ECHINOSTOMA; GOBLET CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MASTOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CELL COUNT; DEXAMETHASONE; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; MURINAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031832393     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050440     Document Type: Article

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