Morphological changes of larval Echinococcus multilocularis in mice treated with albendazole or mebendazole

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 349-354

  Nakaya, K ^a   Oomori, Y ^a   Kutsumi, H ^a   Nakao, M ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HYDATID CYST; LARVA; MATURATION; MESENTERIC VEIN; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 0032438573     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00016722     Document Type: Article

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