Cardiac myocyte hypertrophy and proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression in wistar rats infected with Trypanosoma cruzi

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 919-925

  Arnaiz, María Rosa ^a   Fichera, Laura Edith ^a   Postan, Miriam ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DNA;

PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036802908     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0919:cmhapc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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