Morphometry of Submucous and Myenteric Esophagic Plexus of Dogs Experimentally Reinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 545-548

  Machado, Evandro M M ^a   Camilo Júnior, Deolino J ^b   Pinheiro, Simone W ^b   Lopes, Edison Reis ^b   Fernandes, Alexandre J ^a   Dias, João Carlos Pinto ^a   Adad, Sheila J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Dog; Esophagus; Myenteric plexus; Reinfection; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHAGAS DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; RECURRENCE; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0035348437     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000400017     Document Type: Article

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