The use of a stereological method to estimate the volume of Schistosoma mansoni granulomas: The effect of zinc deficiency

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 785-792

  Friis, H ^a,b   Andersen, C B ^c   Vennervald, B J ^a   Christensen, N O ^a   Pakkenberg, B ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Copenhagen Municipality Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; LIVER; LIVER WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STEREOLOGY; THYMUS; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032322708     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813340     Document Type: Article

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