Polyamines: Agents with macrofilaricidal activity

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 851-858

  Kinnamon, K E ^a   Engle, R R ^a   Poon, B T ^a   Ellis, W Y ^a   McCall, J W ^b   Dzimianski, M T ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; POLYAMINE;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; FILARIASIS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033368983     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813492     Document Type: Article

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