Cell death and human intestinal protozoa: A brief overview

Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-82

  Nasirudeen, A M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG TARGETING; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 23144446759     PISSN: 1466531X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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