Association of Mycobacterium leprae with human endothelial cells in vitro

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 663-669

  Scollard, David M ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034040509     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780069     Document Type: Article

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