Oestrus cycle perturbations and hypotrophy of clitoral glands in malaria-infected female BALB/c mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-140

  Barthelemy, Mathieu ^a   Vuong, Phat N ^b   Gabrion, Claude ^a   Petit, Gilles ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b Hopital Saint Michel   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INOCULATION; MALARIA; MONITORING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXOLOGY; SEXUALITY; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CLITORIS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI PETTERI; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037219854     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0622-7     Document Type: Article

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