Worm Load and Septal Fibrosis of the Liver in Capillaria hepatica-infected Rats

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1001-1003

  Oliveira, Roseli Fernandes ^a   Andrade, Zilton A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capillaria hepatica; Septal hepatic fibrosis; Worm load

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA HEPATICA; HEPATICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARIA; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035488821     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000700020     Document Type: Article

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