Pathophysiology of amoebiasis

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 280-285

  Stanley Jr , Samuel L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GALAPTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; PHOSPHOLIPASE; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMEBIASIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLYSIS; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SCID MOUSE; TROPHOZOITE; VIRULENCE; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NF-KAPPA B;

EID: 0034983110     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)01903-1     Document Type: Review

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