Morphological changes in the reproductive organs of male and female Schistosoma mansoni worms caused by streptozotocin, a drug used to induce diabetes mellitus

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-61

  Hulstijn, M ^a   Barros, L A ^b   Neves, R H ^a   Moura, E G ^b   Machado Silva, J R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus streptozotocin; Morphology; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG MECHANISM; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HELMINTH; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TESTIS; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; WORM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; OVARY; OVUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; STREPTOZOCIN; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0345505344     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002512     Document Type: Article

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