Immunopathological mechanisms underlying the time-course of Trichinella spiralis cardiomyopathy in rats

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 432, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-266

  Paolocci, Nazareno ^a   Sironi, Massimo ^b   Bettini, Marco ^a   Bartoli, Giamprimo ^a   Michalak, Slawomir ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^b,c   Magni, Franco ^a   Bruschi, Fabrizio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Myocarditis; PAF; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RATE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DNA, HELMINTH; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031894789     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050164     Document Type: Article

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