Morphological effects of itraconazole on murine macrophage

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-189

  Ochi, Hisako ^a   Ishijima, Sanae A ^a   Abe, Shigeru ^b   Tameike, Akane ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^b   Osumi, Masako ^a  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal agent; Itraconazole (ITCZ); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ECONAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROXYITRACONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; ITRACONAZOLE; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0031943286     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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