Apyrase activity and platelet aggregation inhibitors in the tick Ornithodoros savignyi (Acari: Argasidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 353-366

  Mans, B J ^a   Gaspar, A R M D ^a   Louw, A I ^a   Neitz, A W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apyrase; Ornithodoros savignyi; Platelet aggregation inhibitors; Platelet disaggregation; Tick

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032103190     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024517209621     Document Type: Article

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