Regional specializations of the tegument of the metacercaria of Timoniella imbutiforme

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-72

  El Darsh, H E M ^a   Whitfield, P J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL SPECIFICITY; GLYCOCALYX; INTEGUMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; TREMATODE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; METACERCARIA; SPINE; SYNCYTIUM;

TIMONIELLA IMBUTIFORME; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034032229     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00000093     Document Type: Article

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