Formation of calcareous corpuscles in the lumen of excretory canals of Taenia solium cysticerci

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-92

  Vargas Parada, Laura ^a   Merchant, Marie Therese ^b   Willms, Kaethe ^b   Laclette, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTICERCUS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VACUOLES;

CESTODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032948270     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050514     Document Type: Article

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