Inducible nitric oxide synthase in the muscles of Trichinella sp. - Infected mice treated with glucocorticoid methylprednisolone

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 230-235

  Boczoń, Krystyna ^a   Wargin, Barbara ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid treatment; Inducible nitric oxide; iNOS; Methylprednisolone; Mouse; Muscle; Trichinella pseudospiralis; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0033887448     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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