Collagen arrangement in hepatic granuloma in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni: Dependence on fiber radiation centers

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 639-643

  Lenzi, H L ^a   Kimmel, E ^b   Schechtman, H ^a   Pelajo Machado, M ^a   Vale, B S ^a   Panasco, M S ^a   Lenzi, J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collagen; Confocal microscopy; Extracellular matrix; Granuloma; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GRANULOMA; MOUSE; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GRANULOMA; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0033129238     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999000500018     Document Type: Article

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