Endogenous morphine and parasitic helminthes

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Pryor, Stephen C ^a   Henry, Sherwyn ^a   Sarfo, Jennifer ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Helminthes; Immune evasion; Morphine; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 GLUCURONIDE; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANALGESIA; ASCARIS SUUM; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; HELMINTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HELMINTHS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MORPHINE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 21344440477     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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