The toxicity of praziquantel against Mesocestoides vogae (syn. corti) tetrathyridia can be assessed using a novel in vitro system

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 467-472

  Saldaña, Jenny ^a   Casaravilla, Cecilia ^a   Marín, Mónica ^a   Fernández, Cecilia ^a   Domínguez, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CESTODIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; MESOCESTOIDEA; MESOCESTOIDES VOGAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; MESOCESTOIDES VOGAE;

EID: 0037389253     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0801-6     Document Type: Article

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