Various morphologic features of Gnathostoma spinigerum in histologic sections: Report of 3 cases with reference to topographic study of the reference worm

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 302-307

  Sirikulchayanonta, Vorachai ^a   Viriyavejakul, Parnpen ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; THAILAND; THELAZIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THAILAND;

EID: 0035381232     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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