Role of steroid hormones in Trichinella spiralis infection among voles

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 5 46-5, 1999, Pages

  Klein, Sabra L ^a,c   Gamble, H Ray ^b   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arvicoline rodents; Corticosterone; Endocrine immune interactions; Estradiol; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0032762718     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.5.r1362     Document Type: Article

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